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# clearing up swap space

*WARNING: make sure the memory is enough to put the data back from swap, else system will start killing processes*

To clear up swap space (put the data back into memory) we can do

```
# swapoff -a && swapon -a
```

Because this is quite slow process, it's a good idea to run this inside screen session.