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FREE(1)			      Linux User's Manual		       FREE(1)

NAME
       free - Display amount of free and used memory in the system

SYNOPSIS
       free [-b|-k|-m|-g] [-c count] [-l] [-o] [-t] [-s delay] [-V]

DESCRIPTION
       free  displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap mem‐
       ory in the system, as well as the buffers  used	by  the	 kernel.   The
       shared memory column should be ignored; it is obsolete.

   OPTIONS
       -b     Display the amount of memory in bytes.

       -c count
	      Display the result count times.  Requires the -s option.

       -g     Display the amount of memory in gigabytes.

       -k     Display the amount of memory in kilobytes. This is the default.

       -l     Show detailed low and high memory statistics.

       -m     Display the amount of memory in megabytes.

       -o     Display the output in old format, the only difference being this
	      option will disable the display of the "buffer adjusted" line.

       -s     Continuously display the result delay  seconds  apart.  You  may
	      actually	specify any floating point number for delay, usleep(3)
	      is used for microsecond resolution delay times.

       -t     Display a line showing the column totals.

       -V     Display version information.

FILES
       /proc/meminfo memory information

AUTHORS
       Written by Brian Edmonds.

       Send bug reports to <albert@users.sf.net>

SEE ALSO
       ps(1), slabtop(1), top(1), vmstat(8).

Cohesive Systems		  5 Oct 2009			       FREE(1)
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