Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:41:48 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)? Message-ID: <20100818184148.31442aa9@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikpOE%2BK6iWn38VKT_YiGY119JL5CcBVguMYq9q_@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikpOE%2BK6iWn38VKT_YiGY119JL5CcBVguMYq9q_@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:18:58 -0400 Aleksandr Miroslav <alexmiroslav@gmail.com> wrote: > hello, > > I am looking for something on BSD that will give me the same info as > free(1) in Linux. i.e. I would like to know the state of > total/used/free memory and swap. > > I know there are a number of utilities in ports that will let me do > this, I am however looking for something in the base system (if such a > utility exists). > > I also know that top(1) gives this info, and I could certainly use > that, I just wanted the nearest BSD sibling of free(1).) > Is there any particular reason you want to know? Free memory isn't a very meaningful concept in FreeBSD.
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