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Old 03-22-2006, 11:48 PM   #1
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Command to view memory space in linux


Hi,

I want to know the command to view memory space in linux
 
Old 03-23-2006, 12:02 AM   #2
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hi,
#df -h

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Old 03-23-2006, 12:10 AM   #3
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Or:
dd if=/dev/mem bs=1024 count=5|hexdump -C > ramfile
This writes 5 blocks of 1024 bytes each to a file

See "learn the dd command" in this subforum---just a few posts down from yours.
 
Old 03-23-2006, 12:12 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by ruudra
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#df -h

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That's looking at drives, not memory (RAM)
 
Old 03-23-2006, 12:23 AM   #5
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Try out the free command. If you want it to display output in megabytes use free -m.
 
Old 03-23-2006, 12:25 AM   #6
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That's looking at drives, not memory (RAM)
oops!!! I misunderstood the question.

ya for that

#free

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Old 03-23-2006, 12:50 AM   #7
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Quote:
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Try out the free command. If you want it to display output in megabytes use free -m.
OP---where are you???

free tells you the usage of memory
dd if=/dev/mem....etc. gives the contents of memory

What did you want?
 
  


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