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```
$ vim ~/.config/fish/functions.gswap.fish

function gswap --description "swap"
    clear
    echo
    echo '======================================================================================'
    echo '                                       SWAP                                           '
    echo '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
    echo 'CHECK                                                                                 '
    echo ' $ free -h                                                                            '
    echo ' $ top|htop|atop|glances                                                              '
    echo ' $ vmstat -w                                                                          '
    echo ' $ cat /proc/swaps                                                                    '
    echo ' # fdisk -l                                                                           '
    echo
    echo 'TROUBLESHOOTING                                                                       '
    echo ' # swapon -s                                                                          '
    echo ' # dd if=/dev/zero of=/swap_tmp bs=1024 count=1000000                                 '
    echo ' # chmod 600 /swap_tmp                                                                '
    echo ' # mkswap /swap_tmp                                                                   '
    echo ' # swapon /swap_tmp                                                                   '
    echo ' # swapon -s                                                                          '
    echo ' # echo 100 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness                                                 '
    echo
    echo 'PERMANENT                                                                             '
    echo ' # blkid                                                                              '
    echo ' # vim /etc/fstab                                                                     '
    echo '   # Emergency swap partition                                                         '
    echo '   UUID= (value from blkid)     none     swap     sw    0     0                       '
    echo ' :wq                                                                                  '
    echo
    echo '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
    echo 'sources ................... tecmint.com/commands-to-monitor-swap-space-usage-in-linux/'
    echo '======================================================================================'
    echo
end
```

```
SOURCES
 techmint ............................ tecmint.com/commands-to-monitor-swap-space-usage-in-linux/
 manpages ................................................................... $ man swapon mkswap 
 picture ................................................... screenshoot by me ~ my gnome-desktop
```