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runlim — Sample and limit time and memory usage of a program and its child processes using the proc file syst

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Problem

How to use the runlim command: Sample and limit time and memory usage of a program and its child processes using the proc file system on Linux. More information: <https://fmv.jku.at/runlim/>.

Solution

runlim — Sample and limit time and memory usage of a program and its child processes using the proc file system on Linux. More information: <https://fmv.jku.at/runlim/>.

Print the time and memory usage of a command:

runlim {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

Log statistics to a file instead of stdout:

runlim --output-file={{path/to/file}} {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

Limit time to an upper bound (in seconds):

runlim --time-limit={{number}} {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

Limit real-time to an upper bound (in seconds):

runlim --real-time-limit={{number}} {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

Limit space to an upper bound (in MB):

runlim --space-limit={{number}} {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

Code Snippets

Print the time and memory usage of a command

runlim {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

Log statistics to a file instead of `stdout`

runlim --output-file={{path/to/file}} {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

Limit time to an upper bound (in seconds)

runlim --time-limit={{number}} {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

Limit real-time to an upper bound (in seconds)

runlim --real-time-limit={{number}} {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

Limit space to an upper bound (in MB)

runlim --space-limit={{number}} {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/runlim

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