> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> Bowie wrote: >> >>> ps -C java -o thcount | awk ' { total += $1 } END { print total } ' >>> >> >> Now, as dearly as I love awk, >> ps -C java --no-heading | wc -l >> > > You are counting processes, the original is counting threads. > > $ ps -C java -o thcount | awk ' { total += $1 } END { print total } ' > 29 > > $ ps -C java --no-heading | wc -l > 1 Oh, I take that back - I see what's going on, a and yeah, you're right. mark