Linux's command
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
I read this command in URL:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/58553/how-to-clear-memory-cache-in-linux
What command is similar on Mac?
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1There's a separate StackExchange for OS X support. – Charles Duffy Mar 04 '15 at 02:12
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1(Also, that's specifically a Linux command, not a UNIX command; procfs is very, very OS-dependent). – Charles Duffy Mar 04 '15 at 02:12
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1See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8696978/how-to-clear-directory-inode-cache-on-macosx – Dave Stibrany Mar 12 '15 at 01:11
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On OSX there is a purge command for that:
sync && sudo purge
sync- force completion of pending disk writes (flush cache)
purge- force disk cache to be purged (flushed and emptied)
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