tldr/pages/common/ulimit.md

# 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`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-30 22:27:57 +00:00			`# ulimit`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Get and set user limits.`
ufraw-batch, ulimit, umask, umount, unalias, unar, unclutter, unrar, unzip: add link (#7092) 2021-10-19 21:20:43 +01:00			`> More information: <https://manned.org/ulimit>.`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-30 22:27:57 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Get the properties of all the user limits:`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-30 22:27:57 +00:00
			`ulimit -a`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Get hard limit for the number of simultaneously opened files:`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-30 22:27:57 +00:00
			`ulimit -H -n`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Get soft limit for the number of simultaneously opened files:`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-30 22:27:57 +00:00
ulimit: fix linting (remove trailing spaces) 2016-01-02 10:43:05 +00:00			`ulimit -S -n`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-30 22:27:57 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Set max per-user process limit:`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-30 22:27:57 +00:00
			`ulimit -u 30`