ps_mem_display_process_memory_usage_quickstart.py

1#!/usr/bin/env python
2
3import ps_mem
4
5# Note: This must be run with root/sudo privileges to access 
6# the necessary /proc/ information for all processes.
7try:
8    # Get the memory usage and print it to stdout
9    # The get_memory_usage() function returns (cmds, shareds, counts)
10    # but the most common "quickstart" usage is the built-in display:
11    ps_mem.display_process_memory_usage()
12except PermissionError:
13    print("Error: ps-mem requires root privileges to read process memory information.")
14except Exception as e:
15    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")