ARCH(1)

๐Ÿ’– ARCH(1) ๐Ÿ’–

okay so bestie, you're reading the arch page from the User Commands manual โ€” it's a whole one-trick pony and honestly? iconic for it. โœจ


๐ŸŒธ NAME ๐ŸŒธ

arch โ€” print machine hardware name (same as uname -m)

like, that's it. that's the whole job. she prints the hardware name and she goes home. ๐ŸŽ€


๐Ÿฆ‹ SYNOPSIS ๐Ÿฆ‹

arch [OPTION]...

yes bestie, there are options. it's a manual page. there's always options. ๐Ÿ’…


โœจ DESCRIPTION โœจ

Print machine architecture. that's the entire vibe โ€” it tells you what kind of machine you're on, no commentary, no drama, just the architecture name. ๐Ÿซถ

  • --help โ€” display this help and exit. the "wait, what does this do again?" button. ๐Ÿ”ฅ
  • --version โ€” output version information and exit. for when you need receipts on which version you're running. ๐Ÿ‘‘

๐Ÿ‘‘ AUTHOR ๐Ÿ‘‘

Written by David MacKenzie and Karel Zak. absolute legends, no cap. ๐Ÿ’œ


๐Ÿ’€ REPORTING BUGS ๐Ÿ’€

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

found a bug? tell the coreutils girlies. found a translation bug? different team, different link, swipe accordingly bestie. ๐Ÿ˜ญ


๐ŸŒˆ SEE ALSO ๐ŸŒˆ

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/arch> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) arch invocation'

like, arch is literally uname -m in a trench coat โ€” so if you want the full uname lore, that's where it lives. ๐Ÿ“š

Packaged by Debian (9.7-3) Copyright ยฉ 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

fr fr on the no warranty thing โ€” this is free software, you can change it and share it, but if it breaks, that's on you, not them. ๐Ÿ™ˆ

okay that's the whole page, she's short and she's perfect. this was GNU coreutils 9.7, dated June 2025 โ€” arch(1), signing off. mwah ๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿงš

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