Question: How Do I Check Memory Utilization Logs in Linux?
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How do I check memory logs in Linux?

You can search the logs for messages of out of memory alerts. Grep goes through all logs under the directory and therefore will show at least the just ran command itself from the /var/log/auth. log. Actual log marks of OOM killed processes would look something like the following.

How do I check Linux utilization?

How To Check CPU Usage from Linux Command Line

  1. top Command to View Linux CPU Load. Open a terminal window and enter the following: top. …
  2. mpstat Command to Display CPU Activity. …
  3. sar Command to Show CPU Utilization. …
  4. iostat Command for Average Usage. …
  5. Nmon Monitoring Tool. …
  6. Graphical Utility Option.
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