How to know if .app is Universal, Intel or ARM without using Lipo

Targets macOS
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This seems to be trivial without LIPO.
So, how can you know if an .app file is build for ARM, Intel or Universal.

Easy with LIPO but not so it seems without LIPO.

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You can use “file” command on the executable.

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Thank you Christian … works perfect!