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There way on lion was this.From a previous post
echo 'kern.maxfiles=20480' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo -e 'limit maxfiles 8192 20480\nlimit maxproc 1000 2000' | sudo tee -a /etc/launchd.conf
echo 'ulimit -n 4096' | sudo tee -a /etc/profile
but the first two files don't exist on Yosemite
Now it's easier with OSX 10.11.4 sysctl.conf does now exist, or can be created if it doesn't. First line above
echo 'kern.maxfiles=20480' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
Second line above.Setting environment variables. Can be set up ... Use this link. A short but useful how-to.
Third line above: /etc/profile exists.
echo 'ulimit -n 4096' | sudo tee -a /etc/profile