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1
Q
free
A
free displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap memory in the system, as well as the buffers and caches used by the kernel.
2
Q
free
- b
- k
- m
- g
- h
A
- b, –bytes, Display the amount of memory in bytes.
- k, –kibi, Display the amount of memory in kibibytes. (Default)
- m, –mebi, Display the amount of memory in mebibytes.
- g, –gibi, Display the amount of memory in gibibytes.
- h –human, Show all output fields automatically.
B = bytes K = kibibyte M = mebibyte G = gibibyte T = tebibyte P = pebibyte
3
Q
free
- c
- s
- t
- l
- si
A
- c, –count count, Display the result count times. Requires the -s option.
- s, –seconds delay, Continuously display the result delay seconds apart.
- t, –total, Display a line showing the column totals.
- l, –lohi, Show detailed low and high memory statistics.
- si, Use kilo, mega, giga, etc..
4
Q
free
–kilo
–mega
–giga
–tera
–peta
A
kilobytes
megabytes
gigabytes
terabytes
petabytes.
