free.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl
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##  freebsd-memory -- List Total System Memory Usage
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#   query the system through the generic sysctl(8) interface
#   (this does not require special priviledges)
my $sysctl = {};
my $sysctl_output = `/sbin/sysctl -a`;
foreach my $line (split(/\n/, $sysctl_output)) {
    if ($line =~ m/^([^:]+):\s+(.+)\s*$/s) {
        $sysctl->{$1} = $2;
    }
}

my $mem_inactive  = $sysctl->{"vm.stats.vm.v_inactive_count"}  * $sysctl->{"hw.pagesize"};
my $mem_cache     = $sysctl->{"vm.stats.vm.v_cache_count"}     * $sysctl->{"hw.pagesize"};
my $mem_free      = $sysctl->{"vm.stats.vm.v_free_count"}      * $sysctl->{"hw.pagesize"};

my $mem_avail = $mem_inactive + $mem_cache + $mem_free;

printf("%7d", $mem_avail / (1024*1024));