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ulimit

Get and set user limits. More information: https://manned.org/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

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