free

free - Display amount of free and used memory in the system.


Display the amount of memory in kilobytes (default):

free -k
free

Display the amount of memory in megabytes:

free -m

Display the amount of memory in gigabytes:

free -g

Display memory status for regular intervals (5 seconds in this case):

free -s 5

Show low and high memory statistics:

free -l

Display free version:

free -V