Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.io.File; import java.io.FileFilter; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public final static int getNumCores() { // Private Class to display only CPU devices in the directory listing class CpuFilter implements 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; } } 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 CpuFilter()); // Return the number of cores (virtual CPU devices) return files.length; } catch (Exception e) { return Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors(); } } }