memory used by a process??

[AQWQ]

How to find the memory utilised by a process using ps aommand in unix???i am able to get the cpu utilisation but not the memory!!!please help

Thanx in advance Santhosh Ravindran

 

[Themuppeteer]

Have you already tried the 'top' command ? The Muppeteer.



Don't eat yellow snow...

 

[trunix]

Use ps -el
The l sigifies a long listing which includes memory usage under the SZ column.

 

[AQWQ]

I don have the top utility for my version of unix.

Hi trunix i tried ps -el but to my surprise its giving me a blank..

the command i tried was ps -el | grep <process name>when i tried ps -efl | grep <processname> it lists out the details but i am not able to figure out the field for memory usage.plss help.. Santhosh Ravindran

 

[MikeLacey]

Santosh,

Before you do:

ps -ef | grep <processname>

do a:

ps -f to look at the column titles Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
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[ElgisRamon]

Try [tt]ps -aux[/tt] or [tt]ps aux[/tt]. Depends on your OS family.
I hope it works...
Unix was made by and for smart people.