Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] why the amount of cache from "free -m" and /proc/meminfo are different? | From | "Daniel K." <> | Date | Fri, 5 Feb 2016 11:44:45 +0000 |
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On 02/05/2016 07:50 AM, Xishi Qiu wrote: > [root@localhost ~]# free -m > total used free shared buff/cache available > Mem: 48295 574 41658 8 6062 46344 > Swap: 24191 0 24191 > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/meminfo > Buffers: 0 kB > Cached: 3727824 kB > Slab: 2480092 kB
free and meminfo seems to match up pretty well to me.
Are you really asking about display in MB vs kB?
Drop the -m switch to free.
Also, give 'man free' a spin, it explains what's behind the numbers.
Daniel K.
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