FREE(1)

NAME
free - display amount of free and used memory in the system

SYNOPSIS
free [-hkm]

DESCRIPTION
The free script displays the amount of free and used memory in the system.

Possible options are:

-h  Show usage.

-k  Display the values in kilobyte. (Default.)

-m  Display the values in megabyte.

The -k and -m flags are obviously conflicting -- the first one found will win.

SEE ALSO
vmstat(1)

HISTORY
The free utility and manpage were written by Karsten Kruse <tecneeq@tecneeq.de>.