Re: Inconsistent results for checking whether the OS is 32 or 64 bit

On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:03:00 +0100, Adam Funk wrote:

I have a Pi 4 B that I use headlessly over SSH. I can't remember whether
I installed the 32-bit or 64-bit OS on it, but different commands found
on the web give different results.

Try looking at a representable executable, e.g. /bin/bash:

    file /bin/bash

On my (admittedly AMD64) machine, I get

    /bin/bash: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, ...

but that initial part should not be architecture-specific.