From my blog post, Scripting Linux Swap Space: Scripting Linux Swap Space

create_swap.sh

#!/bin/sh

# size of swapfile in megabytes
swapsize=2024

# does the swap file already exist?
grep -q "swapfile" /etc/fstab

# if not then create it
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
	echo 'swapfile not found. Adding swapfile.'
	fallocate -l ${swapsize}M /swapfile
	chmod 600 /swapfile
	mkswap /swapfile
	swapon /swapfile
	echo '/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
	sysctl vm.swappiness=10
	echo vm.swappiness=10 >> /etc/sysctl.conf
	sysctl vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50
	echo vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 >> /etc/sysctl.conf
else
	echo 'swapfile found. No changes made.'
fi

# output results to terminal
cat /proc/swaps
cat /proc/meminfo | grep Swap