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Linux - Increasing the inotify watch limit

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insert the new value into the system config

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p

check that the new value was applied

cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

config variable name (not runnable)

fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288

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