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Create swap file for your Ubuntu VPS server just by cli code

August 1, 2026 cli

The easy way to create swap file just by below cli code, it’s working on Ubuntu Linux,


sudo fallocate -l 10G /swapfile30
sudo fallocate -l 10G /swapfile40
sudo fallocate -l 10G /swapfile50
sudo fallocate -l 10G /swapfile60
sudo fallocate -l 10G /swapfile70
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile30
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile40
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile50
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile60
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile70
sudo mkswap /swapfile30
sudo mkswap /swapfile40
sudo mkswap /swapfile50
sudo mkswap /swapfile60
sudo mkswap /swapfile70
sudo swapon /swapfile30
sudo swapon /swapfile40
sudo swapon /swapfile50
sudo swapon /swapfile60
sudo swapon /swapfile70
echo '/swapfile30 none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
echo '/swapfile40 none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
echo '/swapfile50 none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
echo '/swapfile60 none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
echo '/swapfile70 none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

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