free – it displays buffers used by the kernel

root>free -l -s 3
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1995396    1832704     162692          0     246952     500216
Low:       1995396    1832704     162692
High:            0          0          0
-/+ buffers/cache:    1085536     909860
Swap:      5843964       7456    58310008

             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1995396    1832616     162780          0     246952     500216
Low:       1995396    1832704     162692
High:            0          0          0
-/+ buffers/cache:    1085448     909948
Swap:      5843964       7456    58310008

             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1995396    1832560     162836          0     246960     500220
Low:       1995396    1832704     162692
High:            0          0          0
-/+ buffers/cache:    1085380     910016
Swap:      5843964       7456    58310008

             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1995396    1832576     162820          0     246968     500220
Low:       1995396    1832704     162692
High:            0          0          0
-/+ buffers/cache:    1085388     910008
Swap:      5843964       7456    58310008

^C
root>

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