Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileFilter; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { /** * Gets the number of cores available in this device, across all processors. * Requires: Ability to peruse the filesystem at "/sys/devices/system/cpu" * @return The number of cores, or 1 if failed to get result */ public static int getNumCores() { try { //Get directory containing CPU info File dir = new File("/sys/devices/system/cpu/"); //Filter to only list the devices we care about File[] files = dir.listFiles(new FileFilter() { @Override public boolean accept(File pathname) { //Check if filename is "cpu", followed by a single digit number if (Pattern.matches("cpu[0-9]", pathname.getName())) { return true; } return false; } }); //Return the number of cores (virtual CPU devices) return files.length; } catch (Exception e) { //Default to return 1 core return 1; } } }