How to Find How Much Memory Is in a Linux Machine
- 1). Open a terminal window. The terminal window is found under the "Accessories," "Utilities" or "Xterm" categories of the main "Application" menu.
- 2). Type the command "cat /proc/meminfo" to show the memory information in a list. The total memory is shown in the "MemTotal:" line.
- 3). Type the command "free -t -m" to show the total memory in megabytes. The total amount of memory is in the first column in the "Mem:" line.
- 4). Type the command "top" to see the memory usage updated approximately every three seconds. The total memory is shown in the first column of the "Mem:" line. Type "ctrl + c" to exit out of the top command.
- 5). Type the command "exit" to close the terminal window.
