sysctl

SYSCTL(8)                    System Administration                   SYSCTL(8)

NAME
       sysctl - configure kernel parameters at runtime

SYNOPSIS
       sysctl [options] [variable[=value]] [...]
       sysctl -p [file or regexp] [...]

DESCRIPTION
       sysctl  is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime.  The parameters
       available are those listed under /proc/sys/.  Procfs  is  required  for
       sysctl  support  in  Linux.   You can use sysctl to both read and write
       sysctl data.

PARAMETERS
       variable
              The name of a key to read from.  An  example  is  kernel.ostype.
              The '/' separator is also accepted in place of a '.'.

       variable=value
              To  set a key, use the form variable=value where variable is the
              key and value is the value to set it to.  If the value  contains
              quotes or characters which are parsed by the shell, you may need
              to enclose the value in double quotes.

       -n, --values
              Use this option to disable printing of the key name when  print-
              ing values.

       -e, --ignore
              Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys.

       -N, --names
              Use  this option to only print the names.  It may be useful with
              shells that have programmable completion.

       -q, --quiet
              Use this option to not display the values set to stdout.

       -w, --write
              Use this option when all arguments prescribe a key to be set.

       -p[FILE], --load[=FILE]
              Load  in  sysctl   settings   from   the   file   specified   or
              /etc/sysctl.conf  if none given.  Specifying - as filename means
              reading data from standard input.  Using this option  will  mean
              arguments  to sysctl are files, which are read in the order they
              are specified.  The file argument may be  specified  as  regular
              expression.

       -a, --all
              Display all values currently available.

       --deprecated
              Include deprecated parameters to --all values listing.

       -b, --binary
              Print value without new line.

       --system
              Load  settings  from  all  system configuration files. Files are
              read from directories in the following list in given order  from
              top  to  bottom.  Once a file of a given filename is loaded, any
              file of the same name in subsequent directories is ignored.
              /run/sysctl.d/*.conf
              /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf
              /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
              /usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
              /lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
              /etc/sysctl.conf

       -r, --pattern pattern
              Only apply settings that match pattern.  The  pattern  uses  ex-
              tended regular expression syntax.

       -A     Alias of -a

       -d     Alias of -h

       -f     Alias of -p

       -X     Alias of -a

       -o     Does nothing, exists for BSD compatibility.

       -x     Does nothing, exists for BSD compatibility.

       -h, --help
              Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

EXAMPLES
       /sbin/sysctl -a
       /sbin/sysctl -n kernel.hostname
       /sbin/sysctl -w kernel.domainname="example.com"
       /sbin/sysctl -p/etc/sysctl.conf
       /sbin/sysctl -a --pattern forward
       /sbin/sysctl -a --pattern forward$
       /sbin/sysctl -a --pattern 'net.ipv4.conf.(eth|wlan)0.arp'
       /sbin/sysctl --system --pattern '^net.ipv6'

DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
       The  base_reachable_time  and  retrans_time are deprecated.  The sysctl
       command does not allow changing values of these parameters.  Users  who
       insist  to use deprecated kernel interfaces should push values to /proc
       file system by other means.  For example:

       echo 256 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/neigh/eth0/base_reachable_time

FILES
       /proc/sys
       /etc/sysctl.conf

SEE ALSO
       sysctl.conf(5) regex(7)

AUTHOR
       George Staikos <staikos@0wned.org>

REPORTING BUGS
       Please send bug reports to <procps@freelists.org>

procps-ng                         2018-02-19                         SYSCTL(8)