free command example
Type the free command at shell prompt:
$ free
$ free -m
Output:
total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2010 1965 45 0 152 776 -/+ buffers/cache: 1036 974 Swap: 2047 137 1910
vmstat command
vmstat command provides more information :
$ vmstat
Output:
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu------ r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 0 0 140480 43636 158196 797692 1 0 108 220 1 4 7 5 87 1 0
