Name
lsof
Synopsis
lsof [options
] [pathname
]
Lists 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
lists all files
opened by all active processes. Used with
pathname
, lsof
lists
the open files in the given filesystem mount point. If
pathname
is a file,
lsof
lists any processes having the given file
open.
Selected Options
-
-a
Recognize all list options as joined with “and” instead of the default “or.”
-
-b
Avoid
stat
,lstat
andreadlink
functions, since they may block.-
-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).-
+c
width
Print up to
width
characters of the command associated with a process. Ifwidth
is 0, all characters are printed.-
+d
pathname
List all open instances of the files and directories in
pathname
, including the directorypathname
itself. This option doesn’t search below the level ofpathname
, however.-
+D
pathname
List all open instances of the files and directories in
pathname
, including directorypathname
itself, searching recursively to the full depth of directory ...
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