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 -- Bowie