command to view total no. or running process only

mayankh · 11-07-2006, 03:35 AM

hi all

i m using redhat linux 9

i want to know the command with option by which i can show only the total no. of running process in numeric value on terminal

ex : total no of running process 2

tell me the command except TOP or give me script

druuna · 11-07-2006, 03:56 AM

Hi,

There are more ways, but this came to mind first (a one-liner):

echo -n "total no of running process: " ;ps -ef | wc -l

Hope this helps.

jschiwal · 11-07-2006, 04:12 AM

You need to subtract the heading.
num=$(ps -ef | wc -l )
echo $(( num-1 ))

druuna · 11-07-2006, 04:39 AM

Hi,

Oops..... You are correct. Of course!