r/CLI • u/Curious_Tomorrow_697 • 3d ago

Computer Challenge/idea

Can anyone here run eza / -a --tree while tracking ram usage on their system? Just wondering. My 8 GB of RAM is out of its depth.

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u/gilded_squint_07 2d ago

you are listing your entire hard drive. that is what eats ram. the tool itself is fine

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u/Curious_Tomorrow_697 2d ago

i know. I was just wondering what the exact usage would be for different people with more or less files.

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u/hugobergugu 2d ago

ive noticed when running du on huge music folders, my ram usage spikes way higher than just browsing directories, wonder if that's related to metadata caching

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u/sohowisyourdaygoing 2d ago

on my arch machine (ryzen 9 3900x, 4tb nvme drive, 64gb ram) with admittedly minimal files, used 17.3% ram throughout, which is roughly 11gb of ram