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Linux systems has no `purge` command lie Mac OSX. So i did this
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Free unused memory | |
| flush_mem () { | |
| sync | |
| echo 3 | tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches | |
| } | |
| echo -e "\nMemory usage before purge:\n" && free -m | |
| flush_mem || exit && echo " Error purging memory" | |
| echo -e "\nMemory usage after purge:\n" && free -m |
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