Installation:
Download last stable version of cpulimit
Then extract the source and compile with make:
tar zxf cpulimit-xxx.tar.gz
cd cpulimit-xxx
make
Executable file name is cpulimit. You may want to copy it in /usr/bin.
Usage:
Limit the process 'bigloop' by executable name to 40% CPU:
cpulimit --exe bigloop --limit 40
cpulimit --exe /usr/local/bin/bigloop --limit 40
Limit a process by PID to 55% CPU:
cpulimit --pid 2960 --limit 55
cpulimit should run at least with the same user running the controlled process. But it is much better if you run cpulimit as root, in order to have a higher priority and a more precise control.
Note:
If your machine has one processor you can limit the percentage from 0% to 100%, which means that if you set for example 50%, your process cannot use more than 500 ms of cpu time for each second. But if your machine has four processors, percentage may vary from 0% to 400%, so setting the limit to 200% means to use no more than half of the available power. In any case, the percentage is the same of what you see when you run top.
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