How to find out how many cores (including emulated via HT and such) are avaliable to user?

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I wonder how to get how many cores (including emulated via HT and such) are avaliable to user via bash shell-script command?

rvs · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-15 09:58:39Z

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On Linux:

grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l

edited Jan 15 '12 at 9:58

answered Jan 15 '12 at 8:56

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Or try grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo and you won't need to spawn two processes. – Alexios Jan 15 '12 at 10:36

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