Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:20:31 -0500 From: Depo Catcher <depocatcher@gmail.com> To: Aleksandr Miroslav <alexmiroslav@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)? Message-ID: <4C6CA2FF.7050706@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimAziGrKvz_ga4rsUZ2VTr3yhtE7NxRp4Q87Duk@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikpOE%2BK6iWn38VKT_YiGY119JL5CcBVguMYq9q_@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikMyb0YJ6pr2aQdJhtMnb9yg2_vNXa%2BRmcH1nXp@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimAziGrKvz_ga4rsUZ2VTr3yhtE7NxRp4Q87Duk@mail.gmail.com>
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On 8/18/2010 1:06 PM, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote:
> on wed, aug 18, 2010 at 1:04 pm, chris maness<chris@chrismaness.com> wrote:
>> Would not the info displayed in the command "top" suffice?
> Yes, "top -n 1" does (sort of) display the info I need.
>
> The swap portion gives me the same info as Linux free, the memory
> portion is more cryptic, I guess due to differences in how FreeBSD
> allocates memory.
>
> Although a BSD free would probably be easier to remember, top -n 1 does the job.
>
You could create a shell alias for it.
In bash: a
alias free='top -n 1'
put that in your profile so you have it on login.
Also there is a port:
/usr/ports/sysutils/freecolor
Works just like the free linux command; but has fancy colors. :)
Again, you can alias that to free if you want.
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