Clean buffers and cached on linux
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# clean buffer and cached
root@appv2-1:~# free -m && sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches && free -m
# step by step
root@appv2-1:~# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3951 3260 691 0 46 121
-/+ buffers/cache: 3092 859
Swap: 4095 0 4095
root@appv2-1:~# sync
root@appv2-1:~# echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
root@appv2-1:~# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3951 3065 886 0 2 22
-/+ buffers/cache: 3040 911
Swap: 4095 0 4095
Before:
buffers = 46 mb
cached = 121 mb
After
buffers = 2 mb
cached = 22 mb
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