/proc/kcore

This file represents the physical memory of the system and is stored in the core file format. Unlike most /proc/ files, kcore displays a size. This value is given in bytes and is equal to the size of the physical memory (RAM) used plus 4 KB.

The contents of this file are designed to be examined by a debugger, such as gdb, and is not human readable.

$ ls -l /proc/kcore
-r——– 1 root root 267243520 May 26 06:14 /proc/kcore

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