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    NPROC

    WillieBy WillieMarch 24, 2026Updated:March 24, 2026No Comments1 Min Read
     

    NAME

    nproc – print the number of processing units available  

    SYNOPSIS

    nproc [OPTION]…  

    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
     

    AUTHOR

    Written by Giuseppe Scrivano.  

    REPORTING BUGS

    GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
    Report nproc translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>  

    COPYRIGHT

    Copyright © 2014 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.  

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