prlimit command examples

prlimit – get and set a process resource limits.

#prlimit --pid 13134

Display limit values for all current resources.

 

#prlimit --pid 13134 --rss --nofile=1024:4095

Display the limits of the RSS and set the soft and hard limits for the number of open files to 1024 and 4095, respectively.

#prlimit --pid 13134 --nproc=512:

Modify only the soft limit for the number of processes.

#prlimit --pid $$ --nproc=unlimited

Set the number of processes for both soft and ceiling values to unlimited.

#prlimit --cpu=10 sort -u hugefile

Set the soft and hard CPU time limit and run ‘sort’.