NPROC(1)                                                  User Commands                                                 NPROC(1)



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 pro-
       cessors

       --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
       Report nproc bugs to bug-coreutilsATgnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>;
       Report nproc translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>;

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   (C)   2010   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.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation  for  nproc  is  maintained  as  a  Texinfo manual.  If the info and nproc programs are properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'nproc invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.5                                         November 2010                                                 NPROC(1)