diff --git a/free.1 b/free.1 index 58847510..1722f698 100644 --- a/free.1 +++ b/free.1 @@ -2,38 +2,38 @@ .\" This page Copyright (C) 1993 Matt Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu. .\" Long options where added at April 15th, 2011. .\" Freely distributable under the terms of the GPL -.TH FREE 1 "15 Apr 2011 " "Cohesive Systems" "Linux User's Manual" +.TH FREE 1 "September 2011" "procps-ng" "User Commands" .SH NAME free \- Display amount of free and used memory in the system .SH SYNOPSIS .B free -.RB [ options ] +.RI [ options ] .SH DESCRIPTION -\fBfree\fP displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap -memory in the system, as well as the buffers used by the kernel. -The shared memory column should be ignored; it is obsolete. -.SS OPTIONS +.B free +displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap memory in the +system, as well as the buffers used by the kernel. The shared memory column +should be ignored; it is obsolete. +.SH OPTIONS .TP -\fB\-b, \-\-bytes\fR +\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR Display the amount of memory in bytes. .TP -\fB\-k, \-\-kilo\fR -Display the amount of memory in kilobytes. This is the default. +\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-kilo\fR +Display the amount of memory in kilobytes. This is the default. .TP -\fB\-m, \-\-mega\fR +\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mega\fR Display the amount of memory in megabytes. .TP -\fB\-g, \-\-giga\fR +\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-giga\fR Display the amount of memory in gigabytes. .TP -\fB\-\-tera +\fB\-\-tera\fR Display the amount of memory in terabytes. .TP -\fB\-h, \-\-human\fP -Show all output fields automatically scaled to shortest three -digit unit and display the units of print out. Following units -are used. - +\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-human\fP +Show all output fields automatically scaled to shortest three digit unit and +display the units of print out. Following units are used. +.sp .nf B = bytes K = kilos @@ -41,46 +41,57 @@ are used. G = gigas T = teras .fi - -If unit is missing, and you have petabyte of RAM or swap, the -number is in terabytes and columns might not be aligned with -header. +.sp +If unit is missing, and you have petabyte of RAM or swap, the number is in +terabytes and columns might not be aligned with header. .TP -\fB\-c, \-\-count\fR \fICOUNT\fR -Display the result \fIcount\fR times. Requires the \fB\-s\fR option. +\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-count\fR \fIcount\fR +Display the result +.I count +times. Requires the +.B \-s +option. .TP -\fB\-l, \-\-lohi\fR +\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lohi\fR Show detailed low and high memory statistics. .TP -\fB\-o, \-\-old\fR +\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-old\fR Display the output in old format, the only difference being this option will disable the display of the "buffer adjusted" line. .TP -\fB\-s, \-\-seconds\fR \fISECONDS\fR -Continuously display the result \fIdelay\fP seconds apart. You -may actually specify any floating point number for \fIdelay\fP, +\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-seconds\fR \fIseconds\fR +Continuously display the result delay +.I seconds +apart. You may actually specify any floating point number for +.IR delay , .BR usleep (3) is used for microsecond resolution delay times. .TP -\fB\-\-si\fP +\fB\-\-si\fR Use power of 1000 not 1024. .TP -\fB\-t, \-\-total\fR +\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-total\fR Display a line showing the column totals. .TP -\fB\-\-help\fP +\fB\-\-help\fR Print help. .TP -\fB\-V, \-\-version\fR +\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR Display version information. +.PD .SH FILES -.nf -/proc/meminfo memory information -.fi +.TP +/proc/meminfo +memory information +.PD +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR ps (1), +.BR slabtop (1), +.BR top "(1), +.BR vmstat (8). .SH AUTHORS Written by Brian Edmonds. - -Send bug reports to -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR ps "(1), " slabtop "(1), " top "(1), " vmstat (8). -.\"{{{}}} +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +Please send bug reports to +.UR procps\@freelists.org +.UE