File: coreutils.info, Node: arch invocation, Next: nproc invocation, Prev: date invocation, Up: System context 21.2 ‘arch’: Print machine hardware name ======================================== ‘arch’ prints the machine hardware name, and is equivalent to ‘uname -m’. Synopsis: arch [OPTION] The program accepts the *note Common options:: only. ‘arch’ is not installed by default, so portable scripts should not rely on its existence. An exit status of zero indicates success, and a nonzero value indicates failure.