Hello,
In this linux tutorial, I will show you how to check memory usage in linux. I will show you some basic commands to check memory usages in linux operating system. Check those below commands to check memory usage in linux.
#free command
The free command is the most easy-to-use command to check memory usage on Linux. Here is a quick example:
free -m
#/proc/meminfo
The next way to check memory usage in linux is to read the /proc/meminfo
file. See the example:
cat /proc/meminfo
#vmstat
The vmstat
command with the s
option shows us memory usage statistics much like the proc command. Here is an example
vmstat -s
#top command
The top command is normally used to check memory and CPU usage per process.
top
Hope this tutorial will help you.
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