[ubuntu-in] does anybody know what ps -ef | wc -l stand for?

[shirish]

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On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 00:11, Manish <manishsinha.tech at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Shirish,

Hi Manish,

> Since ps -ef lists the number of processes on the system to stdout,
> using the | send its output to stdin of wc
> This implies wc reads the whole text output by ps -ef, which means the
> command counts the number of processes running on your system

hmm.... so I have 121 processes running on my system. Have no idea if
that's many or little or what?

Any comparative figures guys? Desktop-users only please.

> Regards,
> Manish
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