[vox-tech] command to monitor memory usage

[Hai Yi]

my mistake, I didn't see the "watch" in your response; i didn't know
that command, hehe.

Thanks, Peter!
Hai

On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Peter Jay Salzman<p at dirac.org> wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Peter Jay Salzman<p at dirac.org> wrote:
>> > On Sat 22 Aug 09,  6:57 AM, Hai Yi <yihai2004 at gmail.com> said:
>> >> Hello friends:
>> >>
>> >> I was asked in an interview about the command to monitor the memory
>> >> usage, and my answer was "top", however, the interviewer intended for
>> >> the memory usage for individual process, and shamefully I couldn't
>> >> come out with an answer, anyone can elaborate on it?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Hai
>> >
>> > Hello Hai,
>> >
>> > I would do something like this:
>> >
>> >   watch "ps <some options> | grep <some keyword>"
>> >
>> > like:
>> >
>> >   watch "ps aux | grep swiftfox"
>> >
> On Sat 22 Aug 09,  9:49 AM, Hai Yi <yihai2004 at gmail.com> said:
>> thanks pete, actually that's exactly what i responded, the interviewer
>> didn't make a comment.
>
> Maybe he didn't know about the "watch" command?  I've found that many people
> never heard of "watch", even though it can be a really handy utility!
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