diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 python/psutil/examples/free.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python/psutil/examples/free.py	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright (c) 2009, Giampaolo Rodola'. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+"""
+A clone of 'free' cmdline utility.
+"""
+
+import psutil
+from psutil._compat import print_
+
+def main():
+    virt = psutil.virtual_memory()
+    swap = psutil.swap_memory()
+    templ = "%-7s %10s %10s %10s %10s %10s %10s"
+    print_(templ % ('', 'total', 'used', 'free', 'shared', 'buffers', 'cache'))
+    print_(templ % ('Mem:', int(virt.total / 1024),
+                            int(virt.used / 1024),
+                            int(virt.free / 1024),
+                            int(getattr(virt, 'shared', 0) / 1024),
+                            int(getattr(virt, 'buffers', 0) / 1024),
+                            int(getattr(virt, 'cached', 0) / 1024)))
+    print_(templ % ('Swap:', int(swap.total / 1024),
+                             int(swap.used / 1024),
+                             int(swap.free / 1024),
+                             '', '', ''))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()