nproc

Print the number of processing units available

Synopsis

nproc [OPTION]...

Description

• Print the number of processing units available to the current process.

Options

--all         Print the number of installed processors.
--ignore=N    If possible, exclude N processing units.
--help        Display help message and exit.
--version     Display version information and exit.

Example

[root@localhost ~]# nproc
8

Notes

1. This command is part of the GNU coreutils package. For more information, see man -s 1 nproc or info coreutils 'nproc invocation'.