prlimit

Print or set resource limits for process number PID. If no LIMIT specified (or read-only -ap selected) display current value (sizes in bytes). Default is ulimit -P $PPID -Sf" (show soft filesize of your shell).

ulimit [-P PID] [-SHRacdefilmnpqrstuv] [LIMIT]

Show 20 options

-P PIDPID to affect (default $PPID)

-aShow all limits

-SSet/show soft limit

-HSet/show hard (maximum) limit

-cCore file size (blocks)

-dProcess data segment (KiB)

-eMax scheduling priority

-fFile size (KiB)

-iPending signal count

-lLocked memory (KiB)

-mResident Set Size (KiB)

-nNumber of open files

-pPipe buffer (512 bytes)

-qPOSIX message queues

-rMax realtime priority

-RRealtime latency (us)

-sStack size (KiB)

-tTotal CPU time (s)

-uMaximum processes (this UID)

-vVirtual memory size (KiB)

Get or set process resource soft and hard limits. Given a process ID and one or more resources, prlimit tries to retrieve and/or modify the limits.