Linux clear disk cache from RAM

Sometimes your memory is full and youu can find the reason. 99/100 times the cause is that all your RAM is used for disk cache. This is an standard linux feature. With this command you can free your disk cache.

echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

via Experiments and fun with the Linux disk cache.

Author: Thomas Faddegon

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