ulimit [ -HSacdfmnt ] [ limit ] Set or display a resource limit. The value of limit can be a number in the unit specified below or the value unlimited. The H and S flags specify whether the hard limit or the soft limit for the given resource is set. -a Lists all of the current resource limits. -c The number of 512-byte blocks on the size of core dumps. -d The number of K-bytes on the size of the data seg- ment. -f The number of 512-byte blocks on the size of files written. -m The number of K-bytes on the size of physical memory. -n The number of file descriptors. -s The number of K-bytes on the size of the stack. -t The number of CPU seconds to be used.