nproc(1) — Linux manual page

NPROC(1)                      User Commands                     NPROC(1)

NAME         top

       nproc - print the number of processing units available

SYNOPSIS         top

       nproc [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION         top

       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

AUTHOR         top

       Written by Giuseppe Scrivano.

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COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2024 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         top

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nproc>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) nproc invocation'

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GNU coreutils 9.5              March 2024                       NPROC(1)

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