On 5/25/2010 9:55 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> 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. > How about: ps H -C java |wc -l -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com