Scott G. Hall wrote: > Lee Fickenscher wrote: > >> I don't have any dual core boxes, but on linux couldn't you do something >> like: >> >> cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -c processor >> >> to get a core count? -Lee > > You need to modify that: > > cat /proc/cpuinfo | cut -f1 -d: | grep -c processor > How about: cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -c ^processor