How to check the amount of RAM in a Linux machine

[slu]

On Linux information about memory are available ind the virtual file /proc/meminfo, you can open this file in an editor or simple display it in a console like this:

$ less /proc/meminfo

The output will be something like this:

MemTotal: 1034436 kB

Comments

Perhaps use lshw

[ext_345529]

sudo lshw -short -class memory

Re: Perhaps use lshw

[slu]

Great. That gives more precise information about the specific type of RAM installed. It does require sudo to give that info though.