{
  "name": "ulimit",
  "section": 1,
  "title": "report resource limits (synthetic)",
  "synopsis": ["ulimit [-a]", "ulimit -n"],
  "description": "Display soft resource limits aligned with conservative Bare OS caps (not host getrlimit). Use getconf for canonical numeric limits such as OPEN_MAX.",
  "options": [
    {
      "flag": "-a",
      "meaning": "Report all known limits (tabular)."
    },
    {
      "flag": "-n",
      "meaning": "Max open file descriptors (matches getconf OPEN_MAX)."
    }
  ],
  "keywords": ["ulimit", "limits", "rlimit", "posix", "bare-os", "coreutils"],
  "environment": [],
  "examples": [
    {
      "caption": "show all limits",
      "code": "ulimit -a"
    }
  ],
  "seeAlso": [{ "name": "getconf", "section": 1 }]
}