to know if 32 or 64 bit
[enad@testserver installers]# getconf LONG_BIT
32
processor info
[enad@testserver installers]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 2500.042
cache size : 6144 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 xtpr
bogomips : 5003.00
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 2500.042
cache size : 6144 KB
to know if python is installed
[root@testserver tilecache-2.11]# whereis python
python: /usr/bin/python2.3 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/python2.3 /usr/include/python2.3 /usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz
[root@testserver tilecache-2.11]# which python
/usr/bin/python
