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Bash script to print the memory usage in syslog every 2s
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memWatcher
#!/bin/bash
while :; do
mem_used="$(free -m | grep Mem | awk '{print$3}')"
mem_free="$(free -m | grep Mem | awk '{print$4}')"
mem_avail="$(free -m | grep Mem | awk '{print$4}')"
logger -t MemWatcher "Used: ${mem_used}. Free: ${mem_free}. Available: ${mem_avail}.";
sleep 2; done
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