tldr/pages/common/ulimit.md

# ulimit

> Get and set resource limits for user processes.
> It 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`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-31 00:27:57 +02:00			`# ulimit`

ulimit: clarify page description (#15892) 2025-03-10 05:35:43 +02:00			`> Get and set resource limits for user processes.`
ulimit: explicitly specify help ulimit is bash only (#16787) Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2025-06-07 11:39:40 +00:00			`> It is a shell builtin hence not shell-agnostic.`
common/*: add option placeholders part 1 (#16205) 2025-04-22 06:20:48 +03:00			`> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-ulimit>.`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-31 00:27:57 +02:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Get the properties of all the user limits:`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-31 00:27:57 +02:00
			`ulimit -a`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Get hard limit for the number of simultaneously opened files:`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-31 00:27:57 +02:00
			`ulimit -H -n`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Get soft limit for the number of simultaneously opened files:`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-31 00:27:57 +02:00
ulimit: fix linting (remove trailing spaces) 2016-01-02 10:43:05 +00:00			`ulimit -S -n`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-31 00:27:57 +02:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Set max per-user process limit:`
soft and hard file limits - edited descriptions 2015-12-31 00:27:57 +02:00
			`ulimit -u 30`
*: add help example (#15981) 2025-03-26 00:36:41 +02:00
ulimit: explicitly specify help ulimit is bash only (#16787) Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2025-06-07 11:39:40 +00:00			`- Display help (Bash only):`
*: add help example (#15981) 2025-03-26 00:36:41 +02:00
			`help ulimit`