2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/memory-take b/memory-take
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index 0000000..57289a5
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+++ b/memory-take
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import time
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    print "usage: fillmem <number-of-megabytes>"
+    sys.exit()
+
+count = int(sys.argv[1])
+
+megabyte = (0,) * (1024 * 1024 / 8)
+
+data = megabyte * count
+
+while True:
+    time.sleep(1)
+
diff --git a/memory-usage b/memory-usage
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5c2104f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/memory-usage
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+"$@" &
+pid=$! peak=0
+while true; do
+  sleep 1
+  sample="$(ps -o rss= $pid 2> /dev/null)" || break
+  let peak='sample > peak ? sample : peak'
+done
+echo "$(( ${peak%% *} / 1024)) m"
+