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ulimit — Get and set resource limits for user processes. This is a shell builtin hence not shell-agnostic. Mo

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Problem

How to use the ulimit command: Get and set resource limits for user processes. This is a shell builtin hence not shell-agnostic. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-ulimit>.

Solution

ulimit — Get and set resource limits for user processes. This is a shell builtin hence not shell-agnostic. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-ulimit>.

Get the properties of all the user limits:
ulimit -a


Get hard limit for the number of simultaneously opened files:
ulimit -H -n


Get soft limit for the number of simultaneously opened files:
ulimit -S -n


Set max per-user process limit:
ulimit -u {{30}}


Display help (Bash only):
help ulimit

Code Snippets

Get the properties of all the user limits

ulimit -a

Get hard limit for the number of simultaneously opened files

ulimit -H -n

Get soft limit for the number of simultaneously opened files

ulimit -S -n

Set max per-user process limit

ulimit -u {{30}}

Display help (Bash only)

help ulimit

Context

tldr-pages: common/ulimit

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