Definition:
- display/set kernel parammeters at runtime
Synopsis:
- sysctl [options] [variable[=value]] [...]
- sysctl -p [file or regexp] [...]
List of options:
- -a, --all- Display all values currently available.
 
- -e, --ignore- Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys.
 
- -w, --write var[=value]- 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.
 
- -r, --pattern pattern- Only apply settings that match pattern.
- The pattern uses extended regular expression syntax.