How can I find out the total physical memory (RAM) of my linux box suitable to be parsed by a shell script?

Question

I\'m typing a shell script to find out the total physical memory in some RHEL linux boxes.

First of all I want to stress that I\'m interested in the total ph

Answer 1

I find htop a useful tool.

sudo apt-get install htop

and then

free -m

will give the information you need.