Today's article has you counting the running proceses.

[KGIII]

It's a nice easy article, using a pipe, ps, and wc. It's even got a list of random numbers to play with.

Let's Count The Running Processes In Linux • Linux Tips

This article will show you how to count the running processes on your Linux system. Like many articles, it will show you how to use some neat tools.

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[dcbrown73]

Nice write up. Now lets do it the cryptic bash way!

[user@server /]$ ps aux | wc -l
249
[user@server /]$ ls /proc | grep -Eo '[0-9]{1,5}' | wc -l
249
[user@server /]$ echo -e 'Tis magic!'
Tis magic!
[user@server /]$

 

[KGIII]

LOL I like the ls /proc method. It's a little late now (though you could always leave it as a comment at the site) but there's always this.