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Determining if your kernel and hardware is 32bit or 64bit

I’m often asked by end-users, developers, and fellow system administrators, how to determine if the installed OS is 32bit or 64bit.   I’m also asked if the hardware is capable of 64 bit, 32 bit, or both.   Here is how to tel by OS:
HPUX
# getconf KERNEL_BITS
64
This will tell you if your currently running kernel is 64 [...]