Prevent the creation of core files in Unix

When a program crashes in your Unix account, it sometimes creates a file named core. Unless you are a programmer doing debugging work, you can safely delete this file.

You can avoid creating core files by adding a command to one of your initialization files. The command you will need to use depends on which shell you are using. Below is a table that outlines the command and initialization file according to your shell:

These commands will limit the size of core files to zero bytes, preventing their creation.