memory usage commands in linux

Show free memory and used memory in MB
[code language=”shell”]
free -m
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Show processes with memory usage from high to low
[code language=”shell”]
ps aux –sort rss
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Show memory usage from the virtual file /proc/meminfo
[code language=”shell”]
cat /proc/meminfo
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Report virtual memory statistics
[code language=”shell”]
vmstat -s
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memory usage monitor command
[code language=”shell”]
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