{"id":57821,"date":"2025-02-24T20:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/?p=57821"},"modified":"2025-02-24T20:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:11:27","slug":"free-command-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/free-command-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Command In Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s article, we will be learning how to query virtual memory status with the Free command.<\/p>\n<p>1. The Free command displays the current virtual memory status of the system.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">$ free\r\ntotal       used       free     shared    buffers     cached\r\nMem:      16410752   16293944     116808          0     335432   14081932\r\n-\/+ buffers\/cache:    1876580   14534172\r\nSwap:     16779884    3353800   13426084<\/pre>\n<p>2. 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