in reply to Is my perl install 32-bit or 64-bit?

You can use file to check 
$ file `which perl`
/usr/bin/perl: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), fo
+r GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped

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Re^2: Is my perl install 32-bit or 64-bit?
by mwans (Novice) on Dec 22, 2008 at 23:00 UTC
    Thanks that did the trick.
    # file 'perl'
perl:           ELF 32-bit MSB executable SPARC Version 1, dynamically
+ linked, stripped

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      The compiler flag -xarch=v8 is also an indicator that it's 32 bits.
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