limit, ulimit, unlimit — Set or Get Limitations on Available System Resources
Synopsis
/usr/bin/ulimit [-f][blocks] sh
ulimit [-[HS][a | cdfnstv]]
ulimit [-[HS]] c | d | f | n | s | t | v]] limit
csh
limit [-h][resource [limit]] unlimit [-h][resource]
ksh
ulimit [-HSacdfnstv][limit] Description
/usr/bin/ulimit
The ulimit command sets or reports the file-size writing limit imposed on files written by the shell and its child processes (files of any size can be read). Only a process with appropriate privileges can increase the limit.
Bourne Shell
The Bourne shell built-in function, ulimit, prints or sets hard or soft resource limits. These limits are described in getrlimit(2).
If you specify limit , ulimit prints the specified limits. ...
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