{"id":2642,"date":"2023-02-01T14:50:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T09:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:50:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T09:20:34","slug":"how-to-check-memory-on-debian-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/how-to-check-memory-on-debian-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check memory on Debian Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can check the memory usage on Debian Linux using the <code>free<\/code> command. This command displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap memory in the system, as well as the buffers used by the kernel. Here is an example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-vbnet\">$ free -h<br \/>\n              total        used        free      <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">shared<\/span>  buff\/cache   available<br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-symbol\">Mem:<\/span>           <span class=\"hljs-number\">7.8<\/span>G        <span class=\"hljs-number\">1.3<\/span>G        <span class=\"hljs-number\">4.3<\/span>G        <span class=\"hljs-number\">140<\/span>M        <span class=\"hljs-number\">2.2<\/span>G        <span class=\"hljs-number\">6.3<\/span>G<br \/>\n<span class=\"hljs-symbol\">Swap:<\/span>          <span class=\"hljs-number\">2.0<\/span>G          <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>B        <span class=\"hljs-number\">2.0<\/span>G<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The output shows the total amount of memory and swap space, how much of each is being used, and how much is available. 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