ps -auxf | sort -nr -k 4

what is the command for finding the higest memory occupied
file in linux?

Question Posted / s.subramanian@ hcl chennai

Answer Posted / s.subramanian@ hcl chennai

ps -auxf | sort -nr -k 4 | head -1

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