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Asked: May 23, 20262026-05-23T12:45:54+00:00 2026-05-23T12:45:54+00:00

swap command : /usr/sbin/swap -s I even tried something like awk ‘/total/ {print $2}’

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swap command : /usr/sbin/swap -s

I even tried something like awk '/total/ {print $2}' /usr/sbin/swap -s but gives me error

swap output :

total: 12417784k bytes allocated + 2705800k reserved = 15123584k used, 45459976k available

I need to get used an available values i.e., 15123584k and 45459976k respectively.

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    2026-05-23T12:45:54+00:00Added an answer on May 23, 2026 at 12:45 pm

    Use a pipe to pass the output of swap to awk

    /usr/sbin/swap -s | awk '/total/ {print $2}' 
    

    To get the value of 15123584k and 45459976k, we print out column 9 and column 11 using

    /usr/sbin/swap -s | awk '/total/ {print $9" "$11}' 
    
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