Exactly.... if you type "man rpm" it will show you how you get it to print 
the arch string (usually i686 or x86_64). Since you seem unabel to read a 
man page what you want to type is;

rpm -qa --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}.%{ARCH}\n" | grep coreutils

(or miss out the VERSION if you want to see somethign similar to yum)

On Wed, 1 Feb 2012, Andrey Y. Shevel wrote:

>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> thanks for the reply.
>
> I am not sure that I do understand you (sorry for my stupidity).
>
> I have
> =======================================
> [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# yum list | grep coreutil
> Failed to set locale, defaulting to C
> coreutils.x86_64                         5.97-34.el5 installed
> policycoreutils.x86_64                   1.33.12-14.8.el5 installed
> policycoreutils-gui.x86_64               1.33.12-14.8.el5 installed
> policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64           1.33.12-14.8.el5 installed
> [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# rpm -q --file /bin/dd
> coreutils-5.97-34.el5
> =============================================
>
> Presumably all packages are appropriate (they have suffix x86_64) as shown by 
> yum.
>
> At the same time rpm does show packages without above suffixes
>
> =========================
> [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# rpm -qa | grep coreutil
> policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.8.el5
> policycoreutils-newrole-1.33.12-14.8.el5
> coreutils-5.97-34.el5
> policycoreutils-gui-1.33.12-14.8.el5
> =========================
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 1 Feb 2012, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:32:40 +0100 (CET)
>> From: Stephen J. Gowdy <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: Andrey Y Shevel <[log in to unmask]>
>> Cc: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: coreutils for 64 bit
>> 
>> It says it only copied 2.1GB. You are runnig a 64bit OS. You reinstalld the 
>> same coreutils package. You need to change the format of the package names 
>> from "rpm -qa" if you want to see the architecture ("man rpm" should help 
>> you figure out how).
>> 
>> On Wed, 1 Feb 2012, Andrey Y Shevel wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>>  I just paid attention that utility 'dd' uses just 2 GB even I use greater
>>>  block size (BS). For example
>>>
>>>  =====
>>>  [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/sdb/TestFile-S1 bs=12GB
>>>  count=1
>>>  0+1 records in
>>>  0+1 records out
>>>  2147479552 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 15.8235 seconds, 136 MB/s
>>>  ============
>>>
>>>  BTW,
>>>
>>>  [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# uname -a
>>>  Linux pcfarm-10.pnpi.spb.ru 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Jan 10
>>>  16:41:16 EST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>  [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# cat /etc/issue
>>>  Scientific Linux SL release 5.7 (Boron)
>>>  Kernel \r on an \m
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>
>>>  I decided to reinstall coreutils:
>>>
>>>  [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# yum reinstall coreutils.x86_64
>>>  Failed to set locale, defaulting to C
>>>  Loaded plugins: kernel-module
>>>  Setting up Reinstall Process
>>>  Resolving Dependencies
>>>  --> Running transaction check
>>>  ---> Package coreutils.x86_64 0:5.97-34.el5 set to be updated
>>>  --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>>  Beginning Kernel Module Plugin
>>>  Finished Kernel Module Plugin
>>>
>>>  Dependencies Resolved
>>>
>>>  ===========================================================================================
>>>  Package              Arch              Version
>>>  Repository
>>>          Size
>>>  ===========================================================================================
>>>  Reinstalling:
>>>  coreutils            x86_64            5.97-34.el5               sl-base
>>>          3.6 M
>>>
>>>  Transaction Summary
>>>  ===========================================================================================
>>>  Remove        0 Package(s)
>>>  Reinstall     1 Package(s)
>>>  Downgrade     0 Package(s)
>>>
>>>  Total download size: 3.6 M
>>>  Is this ok [y/N]: y
>>>  Downloading Packages:
>>>  coreutils-5.97-34.el5.x86_64.rpm                                    | 3.6
>>>  MB
>>>     00:05
>>>  Running rpm_check_debug
>>>  Running Transaction Test
>>>  Finished Transaction Test
>>>  Transaction Test Succeeded
>>>  Running Transaction
>>>   Installing     : coreutils
>>>            1/1
>>>
>>>  Installed:
>>>   coreutils.x86_64 0:5.97-34.el5
>>> 
>>>
>>>  Complete!
>>>  =========================
>>>
>>>  However after that I see
>>> 
>>>
>>>  [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# ls -l /bin/dd
>>>  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41464 Jul 26  2011 /bin/dd
>>>  [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# rpm -q --file /bin/dd
>>>  coreutils-5.97-34.el5
>>> 
>>>
>>>  [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# rpm -qa | grep coreutils
>>>  policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.8.el5
>>>  policycoreutils-newrole-1.33.12-14.8.el5
>>>  coreutils-5.97-34.el5
>>>  policycoreutils-gui-1.33.12-14.8.el5
>>> 
>>>
>>>  i.e. no package with name coreutils.x86_64
>>>
>>>  I failed to find anything on the topic in scientific linux mailing list.
>>>
>>>  Does somebody know about dd for 64 bit ?
>>>
>>>  Many thanks in advance,
>>>
>>>  Andrey
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>

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