Describe the Linux cache-clearing example accurately

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Conversely, if you want to run the benchmark for a cold cache, you can use the `-p`/`--prepare`
option to run a special command before *each* timing run. For example, to clear harddisk caches
on Linux, you can run
option to run a special command before *each* timing run. For example, to clear Linux filesystem caches,
you can run
```sh
sync; echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
```