linux

Increase System limit for number of file watchers

Jun 21, 2021 • 1 min read

Check the number of max watched files

cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

Change the value of max_user_watches

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=128000 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p

Check if the value has changed

cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

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