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Memory Leak checking via shell

veryangryman · 2015-03-04 16:44:17

I have some processes running and want to periodically check that they dont go over 90% of their max heap size. So to do this i need... 1) The process id 2) The max heap size of the application Is there a unix/shell command to get #2 below. Once i have this i can do the simple maths to alert if the process goes over the…

04-03-2015 04:44PM

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I have some processes running and want to periodically check that they dont go over 90% of their max heap size.

So to do this i need...

1) The process id
2) The max heap size of the application

Is there a unix/shell command to get #2 below. Once i have this i can do the simple maths to alert if the process goes over the 90%, thus spotting a likely memory leak.

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