PCP-MEMINFO(1)

💖 PCP-MEMINFO 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the manual page for pcp-meminfo from the General Commands Manual section, and she is lowkey iconic. it's the tool you run when you wanna know what your system's memory is doing. no cap. 🧠✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pcp-meminfo — Report statistics for System Memory.

like. that's the whole vibe. she reports stats. for system memory. slay. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pcp [pcp options] meminfo [-s samples] [-a archive] [-S start_time] [-T end_time]

so you invoke her through pcp, with the meminfo subcommand, and then you sprinkle your lil flags on top. the way that pcp options come first and then everything else is just chef's kiss structure. 🎀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so pcp-meminfo is literally the command you use to view the different kinds of stats related to memory. like, all the memory tea. 🍵

using her various options, she helps a user analyze useful information related to memory availability — and bestie, the receipts include total memory, memory available, shared memory, etc. etc. etc. fr fr.

by default? pcp-meminfo reports live data for the local host. so if you just run her with zero extra effort, she's serving you your own machine's memory numbers in real time. main character energy, honestly. 👑

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -a, --archive — Fetch /proc/meminfo for a specified archive file. i.e. instead of the live vibe, she'll go dig through an archive for you. 💖
• -s, --samples — Get the meminfo for specified number of samples count. yes, you pick the count, she delivers the samples. obsessed. ✨
• -S, --start TIME — Filter the samples from the archive from the given time. think of it as setting the start of your little memory timeline. ⏰
• -T, --finish TIME — Filter the samples from the archive till the given time. and this one is the other end of the window. so -S and -T together? the way that they bracket a time range. 🫶
• -V, --version — Display version number and exit. she tells you who she is and then she leaves. respect. 💀
• -?, --help — Display usage message and exit. your girl is helpful and then dips. 🌈

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💜 NOTES 💜

pcp-meminfo collects information from /proc/meminfo and aims to be command line and output compatible with it. so like, she's matching that energy on purpose. iykyk. 🧚

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⭐ PCP ENVIRONMENT ⭐

environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. cute little namespace moment. 🌸

on each installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. the $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5).

for environment variables affecting PCP tools, see pmGetOptions(3). go read it, bestie, i promise it's relevant. 💖

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

PCPIntro(1), pcp(1), pmParseInterval(3) and environ(7).

like the whole squad. go say hi. 💕

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okay one more thing: this whole thing lives under the Performance Co-Pilot umbrella, in the PCP collection, and she's PCP-MEMINFO(1) — so if you ever forget where she came from, that's the tag. 🦋

that's it, that's the page. you're gonna do great. mwah. 💅✨