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This command is part of the lscpu package, which can be installed on most Linux distributions.<\/p>\n<p>For example, to see the number of CPUs on your system, you can use the following command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre-wrap hljs language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">nproc<\/span><br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre-wrap hljs language-perl\">lscpu | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">grep<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'^CPU(s):'<\/span> | awk <span class=\"hljs-string\">'{print $2}'<\/span><br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can also use the command <code>cat \/proc\/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l<\/code> or <code>grep -c ^processor \/proc\/cpuinfo<\/code> to check the number of CPUs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can determine the number of CPUs on a Linux system using the command nproc. 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