diff --git a/plugins/mem.py b/plugins/mem.py
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+import os
+import re
+
+from util import hook
+
+
+@hook.command
+def mem(inp):
+    ".mem -- returns bot's current memory usage -- linux/windows only"
+
+    if os.name == 'posix':
+        status_file = open("/proc/%d/status" % os.getpid()).read()
+        line_pairs = re.findall(r"^(\w+):\s*(.*)\s*$", status_file, re.M)
+        status = dict(line_pairs)
+        keys = 'VmSize VmLib VmData VmExe VmRSS VmStk'.split()
+        return ', '.join(key + ':' + status[key] for key in keys)
+    
+    elif os.name == 'nt':
+        cmd = "tasklist /FI \"PID eq %s\" /FO CSV /NH" % os.getpid()
+        out = os.popen(cmd).read()
+
+        total = 0
+        for amount in re.findall(r'([,0-9]+) K', out):
+            total += int(amount.replace(',', ''))
+
+        return 'memory usage: %d kB' % total
+
+    return mem.__doc__
+
+print mem('')