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Hi - I am posting this here since it is such a basic question, altho' I do have experience with Linux.
I just want to get a listing of all running processes and the amount of memory used by each them. I cannot see that this is provided by ps, or by vmstat, or by top. There may be other utilities. I guess something a little along the lines of WIN Task Mgr, which gives precisely this info.
I apologize for the simplicity of this request, and maybe even ps does have that facility...that would indeed be the obvious command; I just can't find it.
Thanks
wombat
Leon
That's great. I presume the RSS is in KB?
Is MAN the best place to look for explanation of the column headers, or is there a better place?
Thanks
George
You should be aware that many memory-management algorithms are "lazy," never doing any more work than they have to unless, and until, genuine "memory pressure" occurs. Figures quoting memory-use may seem inflated.
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