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Bash script to log memory usage every minute for three hours
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#!/bin/bash | |
# install bc (cli calculator): | |
# sudo apt-get install bc | |
# and make script executable: | |
# chmod +x log_memory.sh | |
# Create or clear the usage.txt file | |
> memory_usage.txt | |
# Loop to log memory usage every minute for three hours | |
for i in `seq 0 180`; do | |
active_kb=$(cat /proc/meminfo | grep Active: | sed 's/Active: *//g' | awk '{print $1}') | |
total_kb=$(cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal: | sed 's/MemTotal: *//g' | awk '{print $1}') | |
active_gb=$(echo "scale=2; $active_kb / 1024 / 1024" | bc) | |
total_gb=$(echo "scale=2; $total_kb / 1024 / 1024" | bc) | |
echo "$active_gb/$total_gb GB" >> memory_usage.txt | |
sleep 1m | |
done |
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