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How To Use Free Command.The free command provides information about the total amount of the physical and swap memory, as well as the free and used memory.In Linux systems, you can use the free command to get a detailed report on the system’s memory usage.How much free RAM memory do I have available on my Linux system? Is there enough free memory to install and run new applications?How to Use the free CommandThe syntax for the free command is as follows:free When used without any option, the free command will display information about the memory and swap in kibibyte. 1 kibibyte (KiB) is 1024 bytes.freeThe output will include three lines, a header, one line for the memory and one for the swap: total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 5943436 249356 4913988 82424 780092 5295168 Swap: 2046972 0 2046972In older Linux versions, the output may be slightly different.Here’s what each column mean:total - This number represents the total amount of memory that can be used by the applications.used - Used memory. It is calculated as: used total - free - buffers - cachefree - Free / Unused memory.shared - This column can be ignored as it has no meaning. It is here only for backward compatibility.buff/cache - The combined memory used by the kernel buffers and page cache and slabs. This memory can be reclaimed at any time if needed by the applications. If you want buffers and cache to be displayed in two separate columns, use the -w option.available - An estimate of the amount of memory that is available for starting new applications, without swapping.Showing Memory Usage in Human Readable FormatBy default, the free command shows the memory information in kibibyte. To view the information in human-readable format (usually megabytes and gigabytes), use the -h option:free -h total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 5.7G 240M 4.7G 80M 761M 5.1G Swap: 2.0G 0B 2.0GShowing Memory Usage in Other MetricsThe free command also allows you to specify the unit in which the memory is measured. Valid options are:-b, --bytes - Display output in bytes.--kilo - Display output in kilobytes (1KB 1000bytes).--mega - Display output in megabytes.--giga - Display output in gigabytes.--tera - Display output in terabytes.-k, --kibi - Display output in kibibytes. (1KiB 1024bytes). This is the default unit.-m, --mebi - Display output in mebibytes.-g, --gibi - Display output in gibytes.--tebi - Display output in tebibytes.--peti - Display output in pebibytes.--si - Instead of 1024, use powers of 1000. For example --mebi --si is equal to --mega.For example, to show the output in megabytes, you would type:free --mega total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 5804 240 4802 80 761 5174 Swap: 1998 0 1998 Showing the Column TotalsTo display a line showing the column totals, use the -t option. This gives you a sum of the memory and swap in the total, used and free columns.free -h -t total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 5.7G 240M 4.7G 80M 761M 5.1G Swap: 2.0G 0B 2.0G Total: 7.6G 240M 6.6GContinuously Print the OutputTo continuously display the memory information on the screen, invoke free with the -s (--seconds) option followed by a number that specifies the delay.For example, to print the memory information every five seconds you would run:free -s 5The free command will continue to display the result until you press CTRL+C. This is similar to the behavior of the watch command .To display the result for a specific number of times, use the -c (--count) option. In the example below the command will print the result ten times:free -s 5 -c 10ConclusionWe have shown you how to use the free command to check the system’s memory usage and interpret the command output. To view all available options type man free in your terminal.

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