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Can I use pmap to find out Memory utilization?

I want to measure memory utilization of my Apache Server. Can I use the pmap command and pass all the process IDs of httpd and take that as total utilization? pmap PID1 PID2 .... It seems that pmap ...
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Connecting various process attributes reported by top, ps, /proc/pid/statm, /proc/pid/status, /proc/pid/smaps [closed]

Here are some of the common attributes I figured out: top(VIRT) , smem(VSS), /proc/pid/statm (1st entry in pages), /proc/pid/status (VmSize), ps(VSZ) top(RES) , smem(RSS), /proc/pid/statm (2nd entry ...
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Memory profiling the linux kernel on an embedded device

I have an linux kernel 2.6.30 on an ARM based embedded device and I have to do some kernel memory usage profiling on the device. I am thinking of monitoring the ps output on various kernel threads ...
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What governs the limits of shell brace expansion?

In this example I refer to the expansion of a sequence of integers, but perhaps(?) the limits would be relevant to all aspects of brace expansion.. This more general view is also of interest to me. ...
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Randomise or shred memory of an application

Is it possible to randomise or shred memory of a particular application just after its life ends, or better, whenever it deallocates some memory? A command-line utility like this would be perfect: ...