Reference: limit
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T21:59:27Z

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| Chapter 5 The C Shell |

## limit

    limit [-h] [resource [limit]]

Display limits or set a `limit` on resources used by the current process and by each process it creates. If no `limit` is given, the current limit is printed for `resource`. If `resource` is also omitted, all limits are printed. By default, the current limits are shown or set; with -h, hard limits are used. A hard limit imposes an absolute limit that can't be exceeded. Only a privileged user may raise it. See also unlimit.

### Resource

cputime

  Maximum number of seconds the CPU can spend; can be abbreviated as cpu.

filesize

  Maximum size of any one file.

datasize

  Maximum size of data (including stack).

stacksize

  Maximum size of stack.

coredumpsize

  Maximum size of a core dump file.

### Limit

A number followed by an optional character (a unit specifier).

> For cputime: `n` h (for `n` hours), `n` m (for `n` minutes), `mm`:`ss` (minutes and seconds),

> For others: `n` k (for `n` kilobytes, the default), `n` m (for `n` megabytes)

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