How Can I Tell Which User Consuming Memory Linux?

How do you check the memory consumed by a process in Linux?

Checking Memory Usage Using ps Command:

1. You can use the ps command to check memory usage of all the processes on Linux. …
2. You can check memory of a process or a set of processes in human readable format (in KB or kilobytes) with pmap command. …
3. Let’s say, you want to check how much memory the process with PID 917 is using.

How can I tell what is consuming my memory?

Identifying Memory Hogs

1. Press “Ctrl-Shift-Esc” to launch the Windows Task Manager. …
2. Click the “Processes” tab to see a list of all processes currently running on your computer.
3. Click the “Memory” column header until you see an arrow above it pointing down to sort the processes by the amount of memory they’re taking.