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Free memory looks low on purpose in Linux

LinuxMonitoring & Performancefreebeginner

What this snippet does

Linux uses spare RAM as cache; the available column is the number that matters.

Expected output

Mem: 7.7Gi used 2.1Gi free 412Mi available 5.2Gi
5.2Gi

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