Usage: taskset [options] [mask | cpu-list] [pid|cmd [args...]] Show or change the CPU affinity of a process. Options: -a, --all-tasks operate on all the tasks (threads) for a given pid -p, --pid operate on existing given pid -c, --cpu-list display and specify cpus in list format -h, --help display this help -V, --version display version The default behavior is to run a new command: taskset 03 sshd -b 1024 You can retrieve the mask of an existing task: taskset -p 700 Or set it: taskset -p 03 700 List format uses a comma-separated list instead of a mask: taskset -pc 0,3,7-11 700 Ranges in list format can take a stride argument: e.g. 0-31:2 is equivalent to mask 0x55555555 For more details see taskset(1).