nproc

print the number of processing units available

Synopsis

nproc [OPTION]...

add an example, a script, a trick and tips

: email address (won't be displayed)
: name

Step 2

Thanks for this example ! - It will be moderated and published shortly.

Feel free to post other examples Oops ! There is a tiny cockup. A damn 404 cockup. Please contact the loosy team who maintains and develops this wonderful site by clicking in the mighty feedback button on the side of the page. Say what happened. Thanks!

examples

no example yet ...

... Feel free to add your own example above to help other Linux-lovers !

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

copyright

Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.

reporting bugs

Report nproc bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report nproc translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

see also

The full documentation for nproc is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and nproc programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils 'nproc invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

author

Written by Giuseppe Scrivano.