# How to check how free RAM is available?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-check-how-free-ram-is-available/15288
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [September 21, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-check-how-free-ram-is-available/15288 "2018-09-21T15:26:43Z")
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You can use your system routines.  
If you are at unix-like:

```julia
run(`egrep --color 'Mem|Cache|Swap' /proc/meminfo`)

```

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