ramhog.py

ramhog.py

from time import sleep

print('Press ctrl-c to exit; Press enter to hog 100MB more')

one = b'Z' * 1024 * 1024  # 1MB
hog = []

while True:
    hog.append(one * 100)  # allocate 100MB
    free = '; '.join(open('/proc/meminfo').read().split('\n')[1:3])
    print(f'{free};   Press enter to hog 100MB more', end='')
    input()
    sleep(0.1)