Command to find the memory used by a program / process in Linux Terminal
The easiest way to find memory used by all process and applications
PS_MEM
Install
Download ps_mem.py
$ cd /usr/local/bin
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$ sudo chmod +x ps_mem.py
$ sudo ln -f /usr/local/bin/ps_mem.py /usr/local/bin/psmem
Usage
$ sudo psmem
$ sudo psmem | grep -E firefox
SMEM
Install
Debian $ sudo apt-get install smem
CentOS $ sudo yum install smem
Usage
$ smem