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Reclaim WSL2 memory
# source https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/memory-reclaim-in-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-2/
# as root
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory
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