memory check

[Denver Gingerich]

On Dec 20, 2007 11:58 AM, Stephane Some <sstephane at rogers.com> wrote:
> Donald &/or Mila Trombley wrote:
> > What is the command in Linux for the total memory which is in a
> > computer? In the days before Winblows, (I no longer have Winblows on my
> > hard disk, nor do I have a backup disk, else I would have used  it for
> > checking) I.E. when DOS ruined the world, it used to be either chkdsk,
> > or mem......
> >
> > Thanks, Don.
> >
>
> You could try top.

Or "cat /proc/meminfo".  If you want free hard disk space, use "df" or
"df -h" (human-readable sizes).

Denver