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eatmemory

Allocate and hold memory from the command-line for testing

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Simple program to allocate memory from the command-line

Commands

eatmemory

Examples

Allocate 512 MB of memory$ eatmemory 512
Allocate 2 GB of memory and hold it$ eatmemory 2048
Allocate 1 GB and keep process running in background$ eatmemory 1024 &