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tags: [tldr, linux]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# stress
> Stress test CPU, memory, and IO on a Linux system.
> More information: <https://manned.org/stress>.
- Spawn 4 workers to stress test CPU:
`stress {{[-c|--cpu]}} {{4}}`
- Spawn 2 workers to stress test IO and timeout after 5 seconds:
`stress {{[-i|--io]}} {{2}} {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{5}}`
- Spawn 2 workers to stress test memory (each worker allocates 256M bytes):
`stress {{[-m|--vm]}} {{2}} --vm-bytes {{256M}}`
- Spawn 2 workers spinning on write()/unlink() (each worker writes 1G bytes):
`stress {{[-d|--hdd]}} {{2}} --hdd-bytes {{1GB}}`