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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)
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