Limits.processes ~ process count in Linux container?

LXC
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To show the number of running processes in an LXC container (Ubuntu 24.04) I know of the following command to do so:

ps -e | wc -l

Is that the process count which is limited by the LXC limits.processes setting?

It probably is but I just wanted to make sure.

Thanks

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Basically, yes. The count doesn’t always exactly match as threads may not be counted in some scenarios.

You may be able to get the current pid count from /sys/fs/cgroup instead which would give you the exact value.