There are several ways to see how much RAM is used in a Linux system with tools like free, vmstat, top, etc…, but today I’ve come across ps_mem which displays the RAM used for each program in a neat way. The post on lintut.com explains how to install it on Centos / Fedora:
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yum install ps_mem -y |
As a Ubuntu user, I immediately tried apt-get install ps_mem, but there isn’t such package. After running apt-file search, I found it in w3af-console package:
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sudo apt-get install w3af-console sudo chmod +x /usr/share/w3af/core/controllers/profiling/ps_mem.py sudo ln -s /usr/share/w3af/core/controllers/profiling/ps_mem.py /usr/sbin/ps_mem |
Another way to install the script is to simply get it from Github. Running the command without options will list of programs with RAM usage from the smallest to the largest:
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sudo ps_mem Private + Shared = RAM used Program 4.0 KiB + 33.0 KiB = 37.0 KiB inetutils-inetd 4.0 KiB + 35.0 KiB = 39.0 KiB rpc.idmapd 4.0 KiB + 39.5 KiB = 43.5 KiB rpc.mountd 4.0 KiB + 48.5 KiB = 52.5 KiB rpc.statd 8.0 KiB + 62.0 KiB = 70.0 KiB atieventsd 44.0 KiB + 46.5 KiB = 90.5 KiB rtkit-daemon 96.0 KiB + 18.5 KiB = 114.5 KiB cat ............ 150.5 MiB + 5.1 MiB = 155.6 MiB gimp-2.8 186.5 MiB + 9.5 MiB = 196.0 MiB plugin-container 270.8 MiB + 12.1 MiB = 282.9 MiB compiz 348.5 MiB + 19.0 MiB = 367.5 MiB nautilus 409.3 MiB + 3.4 MiB = 412.7 MiB thunderbird 393.8 MiB + 28.0 MiB = 421.8 MiB Xorg 2.1 GiB + 11.0 MiB = 2.1 GiB firefox --------------------------------- 5.0 GiB ================================= |
You can also check the full command line for the programs: sudo ps_mem -s Private + Shared = RAM used Program 4.0 KiB + 31.5 KiB = 35.5 KiB /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty5 4.0 KiB + 32.0 KiB […]
