1e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci# free
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4e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci## Command Function
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6e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciThis command is used to display the memory usage in the system.
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9e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci## Syntax
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11e41f4b71Sopenharmony_cifree [_-b | -k | -m | -g | -t_]
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14e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci## Parameters
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16e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci**Table 1** Parameter description
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18e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| Parameter| Description |
19e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| -------- | -------- |
20e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| No parameter| Displays the memory usage in bytes.|
21e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| --help/-h | Displays the parameters supported by the **free** command.|
22e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| -b | Displays the memory usage in bytes.|
23e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| -k | Display the memory waterline in KiB.|
24e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| -m | Display the memory waterline in MiB.|
25e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| -g | Displays the memory usage in GiB.|
26e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| -t | Displays the memory usage in TiB.|
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29e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci## Usage Guidelines
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31e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciNone.
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34e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci## Example
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36e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciRun **free**, **free -k**, and **free -m**, respectively.
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39e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci## Output
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43e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciOHOS:/$ free
44e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci                total        used        free      shared     buffers
45e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciMem:          2819652     2754468       65184           0           0
46e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci-/+ buffers/cache:        2754468       65184
47e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciSwap:               0           0           0
48e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciOHOS:/$ free -k
49e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci                total        used        free      shared     buffers
50e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciMem:             2753        2692          60           0           0
51e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci-/+ buffers/cache:           2692          60
52e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciSwap:               0           0           0
53e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciOHOS:/$ free -m
54e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci                total        used        free      shared     buffers
55e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciMem:                2           2           0           0           0
56e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci-/+ buffers/cache:              2           0
57e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciSwap:               0           0           0
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60e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci**Table 2** Output description
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62e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| Parameter| Description|
63e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| -------- | -------- |
64e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| total | Total size of the dynamic memory pool.|
65e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| used | Size of the used memory.|
66e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| free | Size of the unallocated memory.|
67e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| shared | Size of the shared memory.|
68e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| buffers | Size of the buffer.|
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