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nproc — Print the number of processing units (normally CPUs) available. More information: <https://www.gnu.o

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Problem

How to use the nproc command: Print the number of processing units (normally CPUs) available. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/nproc-invocation.html>.

Solution

nproc — Print the number of processing units (normally CPUs) available. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/nproc-invocation.html>.

Display the number of available processing units:
nproc


Display the number of installed processing units, including any inactive ones:
nproc --all


If possible, subtract a given number of units from the returned value:
nproc --ignore {{count}}

Code Snippets

Display the number of available processing units

nproc

Display the number of installed processing units, including any inactive ones

nproc --all

If possible, subtract a given number of units from the returned value

nproc --ignore {{count}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/nproc

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