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2 !!!FREE
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 FILES
7 SEE ALSO
8 AUTHORS
9 ----
10 !!NAME
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13 free - Display amount of free and used memory in the system
14 !!SYNOPSIS
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17 __free__ [[__-b__ | __-k__ | __-m__] [[__-o__]
18 [[__-s__ ''delay'' ] [[__-t__]
19 [[__-V__]
20 !!DESCRIPTION
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23 __free__ displays the total amount of free and used
24 physical and swap memory in the system, as well as the
25 buffers used by the kernel. The shared memory column should
26 be ignored; it is obsolete.
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29 __Options__
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32 The __-b__ switch displays the amount of memory in bytes;
33 the __-k__ switch (set by default) displays it in
34 kilobytes; the __-m__ switch displays it in
35 megabytes.
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38 The __-t__ switch displays a line containing the
39 totals.
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42 The __-o__ switch disables the display of a
43 __free__
44 subtracts/adds buffer memory from/to the used/free memory
45 reports (respectively!).
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48 The __-s__ switch activates continuous polling
49 ''delay'' seconds apart. You may actually specify any
50 floating point number for ''delay'', usleep(3) is
51 used for microsecond resolution delay times.
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54 The __-V__ displays version information.
55 !!FILES
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58 ''/proc/meminfo''-- memory information
59 !!SEE ALSO
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62 ps(1), __top(1)__
63 !!AUTHORS
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66 Written by Brian Edmonds.
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69 Send bug reports to
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