memtop

view memory consumption of processes

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Development Status: 3 - Alpha
Environment: Console
Intended Audience: Developers
License: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Natural Language: English
Programming Language: Python :: 2.7; Python :: 3; Python :: 3.3; Python :: 3.4
Topic: Software Development; Utilities

memtop is command line utility to help user to find out what applications uses biggest portions of the memory (RAM+swap), sorted in decreasing order. It lists private/writeable memory only, that is without shared memory. Typical use is when you need to reduce the overall RAM consumption or when you encounter performance problems. Memtop gets data from /proc/ virtual filesystem.

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