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Add swap memory on Ubuntu
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add_swap.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# USAGE:
# sudo ./add_swap.sh 4G
#
# SOURCE:
# https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-add-swap-space-on-ubuntu-18-04/
#
fallocate -l $1 /swapfile
chmod 600 /swapfile
mkswap /swapfile
swapon /swapfile
echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
# print info
swapon --show
free -h
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