swapon - enable devices and files for paging and swapping

syntax
$ swapon <option>

To enable all swap devices and files listed in the /etc/fstab
$ sudo swapon -a
$ sudo swapon -av

To enable swap device with device name
$ sudo swapon -a /dev/vda5
$ sudo swapon -av /dev/vda5

To display the swap usage summary of all enabled swap devices and files
$ sudo swapon -s

To enable the swap discards if the device supports the discard operation
$ sudo swapon -d

To reinitialize the swap space
$ sudo swapon -f

To display a summary table with selected columns
$ swapon --show=NAME,SIZE

To print the raw output format
$ sudo swapon --raw



regards,
T.Dhanasekar