procps

Linux find the memory used by a program / process using pmap command

by Vivek Gite on November 20, 2007 · 17 comments

You can find the memory used by a program (process) by looking into /proc directory or using standard command such as ps or top. However, you must calculate all memory usage by hand i.e. add Shared Memory + mapped file + total virtual memory size of the process + Resident Set Size + non-swapped physical [...]

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Howto: Linux Kill and Logout Users

by Vivek Gite on August 14, 2006 · 28 comments

Yet another newbie question that suggests people love to kill and show their power to rest of the world ;)

There is a package called procps. It includes various useful (nifty) utilities. One of such utility is skill which is responsible to send a signal to users and process such as:

  • Halt user terminal
  • Kill user and logout

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