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This command shows you which processes are eating all of your server memory.

 Published by [Mark van Eijk](https://rocketeersapp.com/author/mark-van-eijk) on August 12, 2022 · 1 minute read

Run this command to show the top 10 processes that are using the most memory (RAM) on your server:

 ```
ps -eo cmd,%mem --sort=-%mem | head -n 11

```

For CPU rather than memory, see [top processes by CPU](/top-processes-cpu). To check total available memory first, see [how much RAM your server has](/how-much-memory-on-ubuntu), and consider [adding swap space](/add-swap-space-on-ubuntu) if it's tight.

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