- About lsof : To list open files
- Comes From : “lsof-4.82” package.
- Configuration Files:
- Path : /usr/sbin/lsof
Examples:
1. To list all the open files
| $ lsof |
2. To get the lsof help
| $ lsof -h $ lsof –help $ lsof -? |
3. To list files for processes starting with specified character
| $ lsof -cs |
4. To avoid kernel functions
| $ lsof -b |
5. To disable the reporting of any path name components
| $ lsof -C |
6. To search for all open instances of directory s
| $ lsof +ds |
7. To list of file descriptors (FDs) to exclude from or include in the output
| $ lsof -ds |
8. To to search for all open instances of directory D and all the files and directories it contains to its complete depth
| $ lsof +D D |
9. To directs lsof’s use of the device cache file
| $ lsof -D D |
10. To specifies a character list
| $ lsof -F f |
11. To selects the listing of files for the processes whose optional process group IDentification (PGID) numbers are in the comma-separated set
| $ lsof -g s |
12. To the listing of files any of whose Internet address matches the address specified
| $ lsof -i i |
13. To specifies a kernel name list file,
| $ lsof -k k |
14. To conversion of user ID numbers to login names
| $ lsof -l |
15. To enables (â+â) or disables (â-â) the listing of file link counts
| $ lsof -L l $ lsof +L l |
16. To specifies an alternate kernel memory file or activates mount table supplement processing.
| $ lsof -m m $ lsof +m m |
17. To Enables (+) or disables (-) the reporting of portmapper registrations
| $ lsof -M $ lsof +M |
18. To inhibits the conversion of network numbers to host names for network files.
| $ lsof -n |
19. To selects the listing of NFS files
| $ lsof -n |
20. To display file offset at all times
| $ lsof -o |
21. To define the number of decimal digits (o) to be printed after the ââ0tââ for
| $ lsof -o o |
22. To directs lsof to bypass the strategy it uses to avoid being blocked by some kernel operations
| $ lsof -O |
23. To excludes or selects the listing of files for the processes
| $ lsof -p s |
24. To option inhibits the conversion of port numbers to port names for network files
| $ lsof -P |
25. To puts lsof in repeat mode
| $ lsof +r $ lsof -r |
26. To directs lsof to display file size at all times
| $ lsof -s |
27. To controls the reporting of some TCP/TPI information
| $ lsof -T |
28. To specifies that lsof should produce terse output with process identifiers
| $ lsof -t |
29. To selects the listing of files for the user whose login names or user ID numbers
| $ lsof -u s |
30. To selects the listing of UNIX domain socket files
| $ lsof -U |
31. To selects the listing of lsof version information
| $ lsof -v |
32. To directs lsof to indicate the items it was asked to list
| $ lsof -V |
33. To Enables (+) or disables (-) the suppression of warning messages
| $ lsof -w $ lsof +w |
To specifies how SELinux security contexts are to be handled
| $ lsof -Z z |
Related Commands: access, awk, crash, fattach, ff, fstat, fuser, gethostname, isprint, kill, localtime, lstat, modload, mount, netstat, ofiles, perl, ps, readlink, setlocale, stat, strftime, time, uname.
