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This doesn\u2019t require root privileges It takes some time (few minutes) to flush the cache In some cases, where swap is not available, the OS can kill the process as the allocation reaches system limit. So the flushing operation is done as a separate operation, even in the event of OS killing the process the cache flushing will be achieved. This option can be invoked via -cflush command line flag Option # 2: drop cache The other option is to drop cache via \u201c\/sbin\/sysctl vm.drop_caches=3\u201d This option requires \u201csudo\u201d privilege for setting \/sbin\/sysctl vm.drop_caches=3. This option is instantaneous. This option can be invoked via scheme command as shown below two examples. 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