/proc/[pid]/statm Provides information about memory usage, measured in pages. The columns are: size (1) total program size (same as VmSize in /proc/[pid]/status) resident (2) resident set size (same as VmRSS in /proc/[pid]/status) share (3) shared pages (i.e., backed by a file) text (4) text (code) lib (5) library (unused in Linux 2.6) data (6) data + stack dt (7) dirty pages (unused in Linux 2.6) /proc/[pid]/status Provides much of the information in /proc/[pid]/stat and /proc/[pid]/statm in a format that's easier for humans to parse. Here's an example: $ cat /proc/$$/status