List what programs are using memory
Posted: 27 Sep 2014, 10:04
I can see my memory use with
But this does not show what programs are using it.
on a vanilla Linux install that is not easy but there is a little program that solves the problem:
ps_mem
Install it and after that you can simply do a
(or ps_mem as root)
It will list all the programs using memory with the top perpetrators at the bottom.
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freeBut this does not show what programs are using it.
on a vanilla Linux install that is not easy but there is a little program that solves the problem:
ps_mem
Install it and after that you can simply do a
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sudo ps_mem (or ps_mem as root)
It will list all the programs using memory with the top perpetrators at the bottom.
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4.1 MiB + 6.6 MiB = 10.7 MiB smbd (2)
10.5 MiB + 273.5 KiB = 10.8 MiB ntpd
11.0 MiB + 275.0 KiB = 11.3 MiB polkitd
11.9 MiB + 476.5 KiB = 12.4 MiB pekwm
13.5 MiB + 1.3 MiB = 14.8 MiB nacl_helper
13.0 MiB + 2.1 MiB = 15.1 MiB tint2
12.5 MiB + 2.6 MiB = 15.2 MiB systemd-journald
14.1 MiB + 1.3 MiB = 15.4 MiB glances
14.4 MiB + 2.6 MiB = 17.1 MiB xfce4-notifyd
3.2 MiB + 14.4 MiB = 17.6 MiB mdm-binary (2)
17.9 MiB + 2.9 MiB = 20.8 MiB cryptkeeper
21.1 MiB + 639.5 KiB = 21.8 MiB miniserv.pl
9.2 MiB + 13.9 MiB = 23.1 MiB monitorix-httpd
12.0 MiB + 15.3 MiB = 27.3 MiB /usr/bin/monito
23.3 MiB + 5.2 MiB = 28.5 MiB octopi-notifier
31.2 MiB + 3.7 MiB = 34.8 MiB guake
35.8 MiB + 2.4 MiB = 38.2 MiB xpad
63.3 MiB + 1.8 MiB = 65.1 MiB Xorg
94.9 MiB + 134.5 KiB = 95.0 MiB mysqld
177.5 MiB + 661.5 KiB = 178.1 MiB idesk
263.0 MiB + 25.4 MiB = 288.4 MiB salt-master (9)
903.0 MiB + 138.2 MiB = 1.0 GiB chromium (24)
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2.0 GiB
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Yup it has been greedy lately (but I had a lot of tabs open).