Name
lsof
Synopsis
lsof [options
] [pathname
]
List open files, including regular files, directories, special files,
libraries, network files, and others. The following descriptions and
examples cover lsof
’s basic
operation; for a complete description, refer to
lsof
’s manpage.
Used without arguments, lsof
will list all files
opened by all active processes. Used with
pathname, lsof
will list the
open files in the given file system mount point. If
pathname is a file, lsof
will
list any processes having the given file open.
Selected Options
-
-a
Recognize all list options as joined with “and” instead of the default “or.”
-
-c
chars
List files opened by processes whose command names begin with characters chars. chars can contain a regular expression if put between slashes (
/
). You can further define the expression by following the closing slash withb
, to denote a basic expression,i
to denote a case-insensitive expression, orx
to denote an extended expression (the default).-
+d
pathname
List all open instances of the files and directories in pathname, including the directory pathname itself. This option does not search below the level of pathname, however.
-
+D
pathname
List all open instances of the files and directories in pathname, including directory pathname itself, searching recursively to the full depth of directory pathname.
-
-i [
address
]
List all Internet files, or if specified, those with a Internet address matching address. Specify address as [protocol][@host][:port].
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