About

Memusg is a time-like utility for Unix that measures peak memory usage. It works by repeatedly polling using ps.

Features

• Periodic memory checking
• Output to file or inline (stderr)
• Configurable interval
• Works in both interactive and non-interactive environments
• Passes signals through to the client application

Usage

export PATH=$path_to_memusg
memusg [OPTS] my_command

Example:

memusg sleep 2