Linux setarch Command

What is Linux setarch Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use setarch command in Linux. setarch command is setarch - change reported architecture in new program environment and/or set personality flags.

setarch Syntax#

setarch [arch] [options] [program [argument...]]
setarch --list|-h|-V

setarch Examples#

setarch Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of setarch command. setarch command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for setarch command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man setarch

To open info page for setarch command we can use command below.

info setarch

To open help page from setarch command we can run command below.

setarch --help

Linux setarch Command Source Code#

You can find setarch command source code from the folowing repositories:

• setarch source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use setarch in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.