OR! (yes there is 1234518325 ways to do things!)
use the 'free' command
[10:29:51][~]$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        191384     166772      24612      97552      20852      63016
-/+ buffers:            82904     108480
Swap:       115916         28     115888
[10:30:24][~]$ 

or
read /proc/meminfo
[10:30:24][~]$ cat /proc/meminfo 
        total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
Mem:  195977216 170774528 25202688 99864576 21352448 64528384
Swap: 118697984    28672 118669312
MemTotal:    191384 kB
MemFree:      24612 kB
MemShared:    97524 kB
Buffers:      20852 kB
Cached:       63016 kB
SwapTotal:   115916 kB
SwapFree:    115888 kB
[10:30:42][~]$ 

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On  4 Sep, Alexandre Gaulene wrote:
> You can also use the top program (just type "top" on an xterm). You will see
> the information you want on the first 4 lines.
> There is also an xwindow program called xosview which comes with the red hat
> 5.1 distribution. If you didn't installed it during installation, it's
> probably available as a rpm on the installation cdrom.
> Hope that helps
> 
> Alex.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mick Follows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 12:13 PM
> Subject: Re: New to list and VERY new to Linux
> 
> 
>>Hi Chris,
>>
>>    With Debian linux I have a use the command procinfo to see memory
>>available, usage, swap etc... Just type "procinfo".
>>I dont know if its in the redhat distribution.
>>
>>
>>                        Mick
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