Linux command to check memory utilization in percentage

Linux FAQ: How can I find Linuxprocessor and memory information? (Also written as, “How can I find Linux CPU information?” or “How can I find Linux RAM information?”)

How to show the Linux CPU/processor information

To see what type of processor/CPU your computer system has, use this Linux command:

cat /proc/cpuinfo

As you can see, all you have to do is use the Linux command on this special /proc/cpuinfo file on your Linux system.

(See below for sample processor output.)

How to show Linux memory information

To see your Linux memory information and memory stats use this command:

cat /proc/meminfo

(See below for sample output.)

Linux processor command output

At the time of this writing, when I issue that Linux processor information command on my current hardware system, I see this output:

# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 4 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 3007.103 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings :

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