Techie Corner » linux free memory http://www.techiecorner.com The place for computer tips and tricks! microsoft windows, open source, database, programming, freeware and etc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:39:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Linux – How to check memory usage http://www.techiecorner.com/131/linux-check-memory-usage/ http://www.techiecorner.com/131/linux-check-memory-usage/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:31:56 +0000 chua http://www.techiecorner.com/131/linux-check-memory-usage/ linux, linux check memory usage, check memory usage, memory usageIf you are running Linux on a low memory machine, then you’d probably want to know how to check memory usage. Once you check your memory usage, you will know where your memeory being used, so you can turn off those service that you do not use.

There are few ways to check memory usage in Linux. By using the command below you will be able to check your linux memory usage:-

  • /proc/meminfo contain all your memory usage information:-
    type: cat /proc/meminfo and you will get:-
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  • vmstat display memory usage in summary mode:-
    type: vmstat and you will get
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  • free command:-
    type: free or free -m
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    free -m is to show memory in MB
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