Here is a little script that will show you what processes are using your swap<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.nicktailor.com\/files\/swapusage<\/p>\n
vi swapusage && chmod +x swapusage<\/p>\n
copy paste below & save<\/p>\n
.\/swapusage (to run)<\/p>\n
#!\/bin\/bash<\/p>\n
# find-out-what-is-using-your-swap.sh
\n# — Get current swap usage for all running processes output
\n# — rev.0.1, 2011-05-27, Erik Ljungstrom – initial version
\nSCRIPT_NAME=`basename $0`;
\nSORT=”kb”; # {pid|kB|name} as first parameter, [default: kb]
\n[ “$1” != “” ] && { SORT=”$1″; }<\/p>\n
[ ! -x `which mktemp` ] && { echo “ERROR: mktemp is not available!”; exit; }
\nMKTEMP=`which mktemp`;
\nTMP=`${MKTEMP} -d`;
\n[ ! -d “${TMP}” ] && { echo “ERROR: unable to create temp dir!”; exit; }<\/p>\n
>${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.pid;
\n>${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.kb;
\n>${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.name;<\/p>\n
SUM=0;
\nOVERALL=0;
\necho “${OVERALL}” > ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.overal;<\/p>\n
for DIR in `find \/proc\/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex “^\/proc\/[0-9]+”`;
\ndo
\nPID=`echo $DIR | cut -d \/ -f 3`
\nPROGNAME=`ps -p $PID -o comm –no-headers`<\/p>\n
for SWAP in `grep Swap $DIR\/smaps 2>\/dev\/null| awk ‘{ print $2 }’`
\ndo
\nlet SUM=$SUM+$SWAP
\ndone<\/p>\n
if (( $SUM > 0 ));
\nthen
\necho -n “.”;
\necho -e “${PID}\\t${SUM}\\t${PROGNAME}” >> ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.pid;
\necho -e “${SUM}\\t${PID}\\t${PROGNAME}” >> ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.kb;
\necho -e “${PROGNAME}\\t${SUM}\\t${PID}” >> ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.name;
\nfi
\nlet OVERALL=$OVERALL+$SUM
\nSUM=0
\ndone
\necho “${OVERALL}” > ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.overal;
\necho;
\necho “Overall swap used: ${OVERALL} kB”;
\necho “========================================”;
\ncase “${SORT}” in
\nname )
\necho -e “name\\tkB\\tpid”;
\necho “========================================”;
\ncat ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.name|sort -r;
\n;;<\/p>\n
kb )
\necho -e “kB\\tpid\\tname”;
\necho “========================================”;
\ncat ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.kb|sort -rh;
\n;;<\/p>\n
pid | * )
\necho -e “pid\\tkB\\tname”;
\necho “========================================”;
\ncat ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.pid|sort -rh;
\n;;
\nesac
\nrm -fR “${TMP}\/”;<\/p>\n
#!\/bin\/bash<\/p>\n
# find-out-what-is-using-your-swap.sh
\n# — Get current swap usage for all running processes
\n# —
\n# — rev.0.3, 2012-09-03, Jan Smid – alignment and intendation, sorting
\n# — rev.0.2, 2012-08-09, Mikko Rantalainen – pipe the output to “sort -nk3″ to get sorted output
\n# — rev.0.1, 2011-05-27, Erik Ljungstrom – initial version
\nSCRIPT_NAME=`basename $0`;
\nSORT=”kb”; # {pid|kB|name} as first parameter, [default: kb]
\n[ “$1” != “” ] && { SORT=”$1″; }<\/p>\n
[ ! -x `which mktemp` ] && { echo “ERROR: mktemp is not available!”; exit; }
\nMKTEMP=`which mktemp`;
\nTMP=`${MKTEMP} -d`;
\n[ ! -d “${TMP}” ] && { echo “ERROR: unable to create temp dir!”; exit; }<\/p>\n
>${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.pid;
\n>${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.kb;
\n>${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.name;<\/p>\n
SUM=0;
\nOVERALL=0;
\necho “${OVERALL}” > ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.overal;<\/p>\n
for DIR in `find \/proc\/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex “^\/proc\/[0-9]+”`;
\ndo
\nPID=`echo $DIR | cut -d \/ -f 3`
\nPROGNAME=`ps -p $PID -o comm –no-headers`<\/p>\n
for SWAP in `grep Swap $DIR\/smaps 2>\/dev\/null| awk ‘{ print $2 }’`
\ndo
\nlet SUM=$SUM+$SWAP
\ndone<\/p>\n
if (( $SUM > 0 ));
\nthen
\necho -n “.”;
\necho -e “${PID}\\t${SUM}\\t${PROGNAME}” >> ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.pid;
\necho -e “${SUM}\\t${PID}\\t${PROGNAME}” >> ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.kb;
\necho -e “${PROGNAME}\\t${SUM}\\t${PID}” >> ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.name;
\nfi
\nlet OVERALL=$OVERALL+$SUM
\nSUM=0
\ndone
\necho “${OVERALL}” > ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.overal;
\necho;
\necho “Overall swap used: ${OVERALL} kB”;
\necho “========================================”;
\ncase “${SORT}” in
\nname )
\necho -e “name\\tkB\\tpid”;
\necho “========================================”;
\ncat ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.name|sort -r;
\n;;<\/p>\n
kb )
\necho -e “kB\\tpid\\tname”;
\necho “========================================”;
\ncat ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.kb|sort -rh;
\n;;<\/p>\n
pid | * )
\necho -e “pid\\tkB\\tname”;
\necho “========================================”;
\ncat ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.pid|sort -rh;
\n;;
\nesac
\nrm -fR “${TMP}\/”;<\/p>\n
#!\/bin\/bash<\/p>\n
# find-out-what-is-using-your-swap.sh
\n# — Get current swap usage for all running processes
\n# —
\nSCRIPT_NAME=`basename $0`;<\/p>\n
SORT=”kb”; # {pid|kB|name} as first parameter, [default: kb]
\n[ “$1” != “” ] && { SORT=”$1″; }<\/p>\n
[ ! -x `which mktemp` ] && { echo “ERROR: mktemp is not available!”; exit; }
\nMKTEMP=`which mktemp`;
\nTMP=`${MKTEMP} -d`;
\n[ ! -d “${TMP}” ] && { echo “ERROR: unable to create temp dir!”; exit; }<\/p>\n
>${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.pid;
\n>${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.kb;
\n>${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.name;<\/p>\n
SUM=0;
\nOVERALL=0;
\necho “${OVERALL}” > ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.overal;<\/p>\n
for DIR in `find \/proc\/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex “^\/proc\/[0-9]+”`;
\ndo
\nPID=`echo $DIR | cut -d \/ -f 3`
\nPROGNAME=`ps -p $PID -o comm –no-headers`<\/p>\n
for SWAP in `grep Swap $DIR\/smaps 2>\/dev\/null| awk ‘{ print $2 }’`
\ndo
\nlet SUM=$SUM+$SWAP
\ndone<\/p>\n
if (( $SUM > 0 ));
\nthen
\necho -n “.”;
\necho -e “${PID}\\t${SUM}\\t${PROGNAME}” >> ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.pid;
\necho -e “${SUM}\\t${PID}\\t${PROGNAME}” >> ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.kb;
\necho -e “${PROGNAME}\\t${SUM}\\t${PID}” >> ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.name;
\nfi
\nlet OVERALL=$OVERALL+$SUM
\nSUM=0
\ndone
\necho “${OVERALL}” > ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.overal;
\necho;
\necho “Overall swap used: ${OVERALL} kB”;
\necho “========================================”;
\ncase “${SORT}” in
\nname )
\necho -e “name\\tkB\\tpid”;
\necho “========================================”;
\ncat ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.name|sort -r;
\n;;<\/p>\n
kb )
\necho -e “kB\\tpid\\tname”;
\necho “========================================”;
\ncat ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.kb|sort -rh;
\n;;<\/p>\n
pid | * )
\necho -e “pid\\tkB\\tname”;
\necho “========================================”;
\ncat ${TMP}\/${SCRIPT_NAME}.pid|sort -rh;
\n;;
\nesac
\nrm -fR “${TMP}\/”;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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