Monday, January 3, 2022

How to empty swap if there is free RAM? : Linux Red-hat OS

Using root user 

 

 free -m

              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available

Mem:          15646        3908        1360        3237       10376        8192

Swap:           699         285         414



swapoff -a


swapon -a



 free -g
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:             15           4           1           3          10           7
Swap:             0           0           0

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