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- #!/bin/bash
- ## Bash Script to clear cached memory on (Ubuntu/Debian) Linux
- ## By Philipp Klaus
- ## see <http://blog.philippklaus.de/2011/02/clear-cached-memory-on-ubuntu/>
- ##Source: https://gist.github.com/pklaus/837023
- if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ]
- then
- echo "You have to run this script as Superuser!"
- exit 1
- fi
- # Get Memory Information
- freemem_before=$(cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemFree | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f2) && freemem_before=$(echo "$freemem_before/1024.0" | bc)
- cachedmem_before=$(cat /proc/meminfo | grep "^Cached" | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f2) && cachedmem_before=$(echo "$cachedmem_before/1024.0" | bc)
- # Output Information
- echo -e "This script will clear cached memory and free up your ram.\n\nAt the moment you have $cachedmem_before MiB cached and $freemem_before MiB free memory."
- # Test sync
- if [ "$?" != "0" ]
- then
- echo "Something went wrong, It's impossible to sync the filesystem."
- exit 1
- fi
- # Clear Filesystem Buffer using "sync" and Clear Caches
- sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
- freemem_after=$(cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemFree | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f2) && freemem_after=$(echo "$freemem_after/1024.0" | bc)
- # Output Summary
- echo -e "This freed $(echo "$freemem_after - $freemem_before" | bc) MiB, so now you have $freemem_after MiB of free RAM."
- exit 0
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