Sysctl

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Internal

Overview

Gets/sets the kernel state.

Displays all available and "opaque" values.

sysctl -A

For more details about individual configuration attributes, see:

Kernel Runtime Configuration

Options

-w

Write configuration:

sysctl -w net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables=1

This writes /proc/sys/net/bridge/bridge-nf-call-iptables.

Mac Only Attributes

hw.memsize

Physical memory size available on the system (in bytes).

/etc/sysctl.conf

/etc/sysctl.conf