Use Hcache to see who is occupying the system Buffer&Cache?
1. Hcache
One of the problems that Linux users may often encounter is that most of the memory is taken up by Buffer and Cache, but sometimes we want to know what's going on in Cache without an intuitive tool. Today I'll introduce you to hcache, a gadget that can see which files are currently cached in Linux.
Hcache author: Ibrahim
A few days ago, I saw someone write a pcstat in go to check whether a file is cached (the author's purpose is to tune the database). You can also check which files are cached according to the process pid, but you cannot see which files are cache throughout the operating system. Therefore, I wrote a hcache based on pcstat and added the feature of viewing the first top files of the current operating system cache. You can download it here for trial. If you have any suggestions, you are welcome to give me feedback: hubottle@gmail.com.
Official website: https://github.com/silenceshell/hcache
II. Installation
Hcache is developed using GO and is very easy to install and works right out of the box.
$wget http://7xir15.com1.z0.glb.clouddn.com/hcache
$chmod + x hcache
$mv hcache / usr/local/bin/
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$wget http://7xir15.com1.z0.glb.clouddn.com/hcache
$chmod + x hcache
$mv hcache / usr/local/bin/
III. Use
$free-m
Total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7823 1952 174 9 5696 5518
Swap: 0 0 0
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$free-m
Total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7823 1952 174 9 5696 5518
Swap: 0 0 0
Check out the 3 processes that use Cache the most.
$hcache-- top 3
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| | Name | Size (bytes) | Pages | Cached | Percent | |
|-- +-|
| | / usr/bin/dockerd | 33368760 | 8147 | 8147 | 100.000 | |
| | / usr/bin/docker-containerd | 7115584 | 1738 | 1738 | 100.000 | |
| | / etc/udev/hwdb.bin | 6711310 | 1639 | 1639 | 100.000 | |
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$hcache-- top 3
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| | Name | Size (bytes) | Pages | Cached | Percent | |
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| | / usr/bin/dockerd | 33368760 | 8147 | 8147 | 100.000 | |
| | / usr/bin/docker-containerd | 7115584 | 1738 | 1738 | 100.000 | |
| | / etc/udev/hwdb.bin | 6711310 | 1639 | 1639 | 100.000 | |
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By default, the full path of the cache file is displayed, which is relatively long. You can use the-- bname option to display only the file name.
$hcache-top 3-bname
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| | Name | Size (bytes) | Pages | Cached | Percent | |
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| | dockerd | 33368760 | 8147 | 8147 | 100.000 | |
| | docker-containerd | 7115584 | 1738 | 1738 | 100.000 | |
| | hwdb.bin | 6711310 | 1639 | 1639 | 100.000 | |
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$hcache-top 3-bname
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| | Name | Size (bytes) | Pages | Cached | Percent | |
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| | dockerd | 33368760 | 8147 | 8147 | 100.000 | |
| | docker-containerd | 7115584 | 1738 | 1738 | 100.000 | |
| | hwdb.bin | 6711310 | 1639 | 1639 | 100.000 | |
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View the Cache usage of the specified process.
$hcache-pid 2903-bname
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$hcache-pid 2903-bname
You can also output in a specified format, such as JSON, plain text. For more usage, please refer to hcache-h.
$hcache-h
Usage of hcache:
-bname
Convert paths to basename to narrow the output
-histo
Print a simple histogram instead of raw data
-json
Return data in JSON format
-nohdr
Omit the header from terse & text output
-pid int
Show all open maps for the given pid
-plain
Return data with no box characters
-pps
Include the per-page status in JSON output
-terse
Show terse output
-top int
Convert paths to basename to narrow the output
-unicode
Return data with unicode box characters
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$hcache-h
Usage of hcache:
-bname
Convert paths to basename to narrow the output
-histo
Print a simple histogram instead of raw data
-json
Return data in JSON format
-nohdr
Omit the header from terse & text output
-pid int
Show all open maps for the given pid
-plain
Return data with no box characters
-pps
Include the per-page status in JSON output
-terse
Show terse output
-top int
Convert paths to basename to narrow the output
-unicode
Return data with unicode box characters
It's over.
