getconf

Get configuration values from your Linux system. More information: https://manned.org/getconf.1.

• List [a]ll configuration values available:
  getconf -a
• List the configuration values for a specific directory:
  getconf -a {{path/to/directory}}
• Check if your linux system is a 32-bit or 64-bit:
  getconf LONG_BIT
• Check how many processes the current user can run at once:
  getconf CHILD_MAX
• List every configuration value and then find patterns with the grep command (i.e every value with MAX in it):
  getconf -a | grep MAX