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How do I find the number of processes running on root?

Is there a certain man command I'm missing here? I searched in ps but I couldn't find something that would give me the number of processes running on root.

I only want to see the number of processes, not the processes itself.

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$ps -u root --no-header | wc -l

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Originally Posted by l3monz

Is there a certain man command I'm missing here? I searched in ps but I couldn't find something that would give me the number of processes running on root.

I only want to see the number of processes, not the processes itself.

Your question is worded strangely.

Are you looking for the number of processes running on the system with the UID of root?
Are you looking for the number of processes that are running on the system with / as their home directory?
Are you looking for the number of processes that are running on the system with their home directory on the same filesystem as /?
Are you looking for the number of processes that are running on the system with any open file that is located on the same filesystem as /?

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