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Created April 12, 2012 19:30
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Free Memory Command on OS X
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os_x_free_memory.txt
echo -e "\n$(top -l 1 | awk '/PhysMem/';)\n"
=> PhysMem: 1701M wired, 6232M active, 976M inactive, 8909M used, 3376M free.
Add to ~/.bash_profile
alias freemem="top -l 1 | awk '/PhysMem/'"
A more brief output:
top -l 1 | awk '/PhysMem:/ {print $10}'
=> 3362M
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