Linux prlimit Command

What is Linux prlimit Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use prlimit command in Linux. prlimit command is prlimit - get and set process resource limits.

prlimit Syntax#

prlimit [options] [--resource[=limits] [--pid PID]
prlimit [options] [--resource[=limits] command [argument...]

prlimit Examples#

prlimit Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of prlimit command. prlimit command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for prlimit command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man prlimit

To open info page for prlimit command we can use command below.

info prlimit

To open help page from prlimit command we can run command below.

prlimit --help

Linux prlimit Command Source Code#

You can find prlimit command source code from the folowing repositories:

• prlimit source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use prlimit in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.