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Old 11-30-2004, 08:49 PM   #1
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how to check system memory?

how do I check the system memory? how do i know how many MB do i have for RAM through command line?

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Old 11-30-2004, 08:52 PM   #2
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found it myself,

in case anyone likes to know:

grep MemTotal \proc\meminfo
 
Old 11-30-2004, 08:52 PM   #3
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Try issuing the command top at the command line.

[edit] This will show you pretty-much real-time info about which processes are using RAM, how much total you have, how much free you have, total swap, free swap, etc etc etc.
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Old 12-01-2004, 02:28 AM   #4
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'free' is also another command you can use. But yes, I usually just cat /proc/meminfo.


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