Using UNIX, how to display a count of the processes on my system?

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Can any one please tell me how can I display a count of the processes on my system in a form like count process_name

Brad · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-31 18:28:26Z

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ps aux | wc -l

or I think it's summarized in "top"

answered Oct 31, 2010 at 18:28

Brad

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Thanks a lot for your quick answer. I didn't thought about it before. that was very helpful.