From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 18 17:04:12 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CB70106566B for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:04:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from christopher.maness@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FD678FC29 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:04:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyx24 with SMTP id 24so179511eyx.13 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:04:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=6UcQ8/mGQehv4myaxpZEvbsHDl4wi4mvdVNs2tmEVcw=; b=cYBG0BZRIdxCLrY5rowAn+iz7hIIv08/7XaP9bM4CO5hMIriEgFlsY+ntRGbnN1nTO QurNsCBjsi3pQPsGpwwUXmOidfElMIVR1kfor3KR8du8AKe/beXdSxqlj0zoZICjv09w kWZyabcGCopRr24kxaBlLw1kK9K9Y3PJzDHKs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=oNvbh1ccwhd6jziMKqyeVv9Py3Orf/x7EM1wZvmjxLYwjO65nweWDgjwrgk74dzwgy 7BELkt2tcRfOq7XbZp58RXloPPRsl+srOuW8fGhErIjwfGXdOO3iqzyRBiF6OdZdoYTz K+v4rla4Os5GJg7YraSAQwbpQRhE7rizChGiM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.28.194 with SMTP id n2mr587677ebc.16.1282151051145; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:04:11 -0700 (PDT) Sender: christopher.maness@gmail.com Received: by 10.14.122.65 with HTTP; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:04:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:04:11 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: waMy_JnSCNjxK-VMK8whC2zUUD4 Message-ID: From: Chris Maness To: Aleksandr Miroslav Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:04:12 -0000 On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > hello, > > I am looking for something on BSD that will give me the same info as > free(1) in Linux. i.e. I would like to know the state of total/used/free > memory and swap. > > I know there are a number of utilities in ports that will let me do > this, I am however looking for something in the base system (if such a > utility exists). > > I also know that top(1) gives this info, and I could certainly use that, > I just wanted the nearest BSD sibling of free(1).) > > Thank you! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Would not the info displayed in the command "top" suffice? Regards, Chris Maness