NAME
nproc – print the number of processors
SYNOPSIS
nproc [--all] [--ignore=count]
nproc --help
nproc --version
DESCRIPTION
The nproc utility is used to print the number of processors limited to the cpuset(2) of the current process, unless the --all flag is specified.
The available flags are:
- --all
-
Count all processors currently online.
- --ignore=count
-
The result is decreased by count, but never below 1.
- --version
-
Print the current program version and exit. Do not use this option.
- --help
-
Print usage information and exit.
COMPATIBILITY
This program is intended to be compatible with nproc as found in GNU coreutils.
BUGS
If HyperThreading is enabled in BIOS and disabled in the kernel, the --all option on Linux will still report all possible CPU threads. On FreeBSD only active threads will be reported.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The nproc utility first appeared in FreeBSD 13.2.
AUTHORS
Mateusz Guzik ⟨[email protected]⟩ wrote the program and Piotr Paweł Stefaniak ⟨[email protected]⟩ wrote this page.