Empty swap. Clear swap. Move swap to RAM. Ubuntu.

toggle_swap.sh

#!/bin/bash
#https://gist.github.com/arenadoon/27fc93713c05a89bda5466e273137844 <--my
#https://gist.github.com/Jekis/6c8fe9dfb999fa76479058e2d769ee5c <--Default


function echo_mem_stat () {
    mem_total="$(free | grep 'Mem:' | awk '{print $2}')"
    free_mem="$(free | grep 'Mem:'  | awk '{print $7}')"
    mem_percentage=$(($free_mem * 100 / $mem_total))
    swap_total="$(free | grep 'Swap:' | awk '{print $2}')"
    used_swap="$(free | grep 'Swap:' | awk '{print $3}')"
    swap_percentage=$(($used_swap * 100 / $swap_total))

    echo -e "Free memory:\t$((free_mem / 1024))/$((mem_total / 1024)) MB\t($mem_percentage%)"
    echo -e "Used swap:\t$((used_swap / 1024))/$((swap_total / 1024)) MB\t($swap_percentage%)"
}

echo "Testing..."
echo_mem_stat

if [[ $used_swap -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo `date`
    echo "No swap is in use."
elif [[ $used_swap -lt $free_mem ]]; then
    echo "Freeing swap..."

    swapoff -a
    swapon -a

    echo_mem_stat
    echo "=========="
    echo `date`
    echo "=========="
else
    echo "Not enough free memory. Exiting."
    echo `date`
    exit 1
fi