Linux taskset Command

What is Linux taskset Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use taskset command in Linux. taskset command is taskset - set or retrieve a process’s CPU affinity.

taskset Syntax#

taskset [options] mask command [argument...]
taskset [options] -p [mask] pid

taskset Examples#

taskset Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of taskset command. taskset command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for taskset command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man taskset

To open info page for taskset command we can use command below.

info taskset

To open help page from taskset command we can run command below.

taskset --help

Linux taskset Command Source Code#

You can find taskset command source code from the folowing repositories:

• taskset source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use taskset in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.