total memory used by running python code

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I am running python program using Linux operating system and i want to know how much total memory used for this process. Is there any way to determine the total memory usage ?

possible duplicate of unix.stackexchange.com/questions/164653/… ? — Irmen de Jong
– Irmen de Jong, Commented Dec 3, 2016 at 11:58

Organis · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-03 12:02:59Z

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If you are looking for a python way to do it:

import os

# obtain the current process id
pid = str(os.getpid())

# read the process system status
status = os.system('cat /proc/' + pid + '/status')

print status

answered Dec 3, 2016 at 12:02

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nick_gabpe · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-03 13:22:08Z

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You can use psutil module. It can be installed with sudo pip install psutil

import os, psutil
process = psutil.Process(os.getpid())
print process.memory_info().rss

This is crossplaform method.

answered Dec 3, 2016 at 13:22

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WholesomeGhost · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-03 12:01:45Z

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You can just open task manager and look how much ram does it take. I use Ubuntu and it came preinstalled.

answered Dec 3, 2016 at 12:01

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