lsof.md

lsof

In this cheat sheet, I will list some commonly used lsof commands.

1. Get information about a (list of) file(s)

lsof /path/to/file [ /path/to/other/file ... ]

2. List files opened by a specific user(s)(id('s))

lsof -u [^] [ ,,... ]

Generally '^' inverts the selection.

3. Show open files in a directory recursively

lsof +D </path/to/directory>

4. Open files by program name

lsof -c

5. Same thing by process id

lsof -p

Sources

• http://www.catonmat.net/blog/unix-utilities-lsof/