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choom — Display and change the adjust out-of-memory killer score. More information: <https://manned.org/choo

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Problem

How to use the choom command: Display and change the adjust out-of-memory killer score. More information: <https://manned.org/choom>.

Solution

choom — Display and change the adjust out-of-memory killer score. More information: <https://manned.org/choom>.

Display the OOM-killer score of the process with a specific ID:

choom {{[-p|--pid]}} {{pid}}

Change the adjust OOM-killer score of a specific process:

choom {{[-p|--pid]}} {{pid}} {{[-n|--adjust]}} {{-1000..+1000}}

Run a command with a specific adjust OOM-killer score:

choom {{[-n|--adjust]}} {{-1000..+1000}} {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}

Code Snippets

Display the OOM-killer score of the process with a specific ID

choom {{[-p|--pid]}} {{pid}}

Change the adjust OOM-killer score of a specific process

choom {{[-p|--pid]}} {{pid}} {{[-n|--adjust]}} {{-1000..+1000}}

Run a command with a specific adjust OOM-killer score

choom {{[-n|--adjust]}} {{-1000..+1000}} {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}

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tldr-pages: linux/choom

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