getconf Command Examples

Get configuration values from your Linux system. More information: https://manned.org/getconf.1.

• List [a]ll configuration values available:

getconf -a

• List the configuration values for a specific directory:

getconf -a {{path/to/directory}}

• Check if the system is 32-bit or 64-bit:

getconf LONG_BIT

• Check how many processes the current user can run at once:

getconf CHILD_MAX

• List every configuration value and then find patterns with the grep command (i.e every value with MAX in it):

getconf -a | grep MAX