nproc
print the number of processing units available
TLDR
Display the number of available processing units
Display the number of installed processing units, including any inactive ones
If possible, subtract a given number of units from the returned value
SYNOPSIS
nproc [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Print the number of processing units available to the current process, which may be less than the number of online processors
- --all
-
print the number of installed processors
- --ignore=N
-
if possible, exclude N processing units
- --help
-
display this help and exit
- --version
-
output version information and exit
REPORTING BUGS
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nproc> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) nproc invocation'
AUTHOR
Written by Giuseppe Scrivano.
