In an earlier post, we’ve explained CPUTool for limiting and controlling CPU utilization of any process in Linux. It allows a system administrator to interrupt execution of a process (or process group) if the CPU/system load goes beyond a defined threshold. Here, we will learn how to use a similar tool called cpulimit.
Cpulimit is used to restrict the CPU usage of a process in the same way as CPUTool, however, it offers more usage options compared to its counterpart. One important difference is that cpulimit doesn’t manage system load unlike cputool.
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