output list of processes sorted for RAM USAGE”

ps uax --sort %mem|tail; # output processes with most RAM usage

vim /scripts/stats_ram_usage.sh; # create that file and fill it with:

#!/bin/bash
# output the top X processes consuming most RAM
free -m;
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
echo "please give how many processes that consume the most RAM should be displayed"
else
ps -eo pmem,pcpu,rss,vsize,args --sort %mem|tail -n $1;
fi

usage:

# output the top 20 RAM consuming processes
/scripts/stats_ram_usage.sh 20

 

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