free

Display amount of free and used memory in the system. More information: <https://manned.org/free>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/free.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install procps
Ubuntu
apt-get install procps
Alpine
apk add procps
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S procps-ng
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install procps
CentOS
yum install procps-ng
Fedora
dnf install procps-ng
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install procps
Raspbian
apt-get install procps
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/free
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/free free powered by Commando

Display amount of free and used memory in the system. More information: <https://manned.org/free>.

  • Display system memory:
    free
  • Display memory in Bytes/KB/MB/GB:
    free -b|k|m|g
  • Display memory in human-readable units:
    free -h
  • Refresh the output every 2 seconds:
    free -s 2

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