pagesize Command

Purpose

Displays the system page size.

Syntax

pagesize [ -a ] [ -f ]

Description

The pagesize command prints the size, in bytes, of a page of memory, as returned by the getpagesize subroutine. Provided for system compatibility, this command is useful when constructing portable shell scripts.

If the -a flag is specified, the pagesize command prints all of the page size values (in bytes) supported on the system.

Flags

-a
Prints all of the page size values (in bytes) supported on the system.
-f
Prints the formatted page sizes with an alphabetical suffix rather than the page size in bytes (for example, 4K)

Example

  1. To obtain the size system page, enter:
    pagesize

    The system returns the number of bytes, such as 4096.

  2. To print the formatted page size, enter:
    pagesize -f

    The system returns the formatted page size (for example, 4K).

  3. To print all of the supported page size with an alphabetical suffix, enter:
    pagesize -af
    The system returns all of the supported page sizes. For example:
    4K
    64K
    16M

Files

Item Description
/usr/bin/pagesize Contains the pagesize command.