Pair htop with PSS-focused memory reporting when available.
Section: Export and correlation recipes
Use smem for proportional memory analysis
bash
bash
smem -rtk | headExplanation
Helpful when RSS alone is not enough to reason about shared memory usage.
Learn the surrounding workflow
Compare similar commands or jump into common fixes when this command is part of a bigger troubleshooting path.
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Correlate a PID with journal logs
Inspect logs for a systemd service around an incident.
Inspect open files for a PID
Use shell output when you need to save or grep the results.
Inspect sockets owned by a process
Check network connections for the suspected process.