nproc - print the number of processing units available
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Copyright
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<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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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
Name
nproc - print the number of processing units available
Reporting Bugs
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See Also
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nproc>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) nproc invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.5 April 2025 NPROC(1)
Synopsis
nproc [OPTION]...
