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How to check processor architecture whether its 32bit or 64bit? One method is to query the registry from the command line. Here’s a one liner command line that will check whether the PC processor is 32bit or 64bit. reg query "HKLM\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Control\ Session Manager\Environment" | find “ARCHITECTURE” If the output is something like this: PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE     REG_SZ     AMD64 Then it’s a 64bit, if it shows x86 then it’s a 32 bit. reg query "HKLM\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Control\ Session Manager\Environment" | find “IDENTIFIER” Above query can also identify, the output shows Intel64 for 64bit. Sample Output: PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER     REG_SZ     Intel64 Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel Omitting the find option from the “reg query” command will show quite a few information. reg query "HKLM\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Control\ Session Manager\Envi...

So, you want to copy files from one folder to another folder and change both the source and destination timestamp? Linux can easily change or modify the timestamp with ‘touch’ command. A one liner command with the help of ‘pipe’ to pass the arguments and ‘xargs’ to execute multiple commands in a single line can easily accomplish this task. Command below will copy the files in the current directory where ‘ls’ command is executed to the directory ‘xfiles’, timestamp will be changed to 7 hours less from the current time. ls | xargs -I % sh -c 'touch -d "7 hours ago" %; cp   -p %   ./xfiles'; -p   option is important to preserve the modified timestamp Note: the above command will change the timestamp for both source files and destination files. Command below will change the source timestamp, but the destination timestamp will be the date and time that the command was executed. ls | xargs -I % sh -c 'touch -d   "2 Aug" %; ...