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FREE !!!FREE NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION FILES SEE ALSO AUTHORS ---- !!NAME free - Display amount of free and used memory in the system !!SYNOPSIS __free__ [[__-b__ | __-k__ | __-m__] [[__-o__] [[__-s__ ''delay'' ] [[__-t__] [[__-V__] !!DESCRIPTION __free__ displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap memory in the system, as well as the buffers used by the kernel. The shared memory column should be ignored; it is obsolete. __Options__ The __-b__ switch displays the amount of memory in bytes; the __-k__ switch (set by default) displays it in kilobytes; the __-m__ switch displays it in megabytes. The __-t__ switch displays a line containing the totals. The __-o__ switch disables the display of a __free__ subtracts/adds buffer memory from/to the used/free memory reports (respectively!). The __-s__ switch activates continuous polling ''delay'' seconds apart. You may actually specify any floating point number for ''delay'', usleep(3) is used for microsecond resolution delay times. The __-V__ displays version information. !!FILES ''/proc/meminfo''-- memory information !!SEE ALSO ps(1), __top(1)__ !!AUTHORS Written by Brian Edmonds. Send bug reports to ----
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