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# lsof
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> Lists open files and the corresponding processes
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> Note: In most cases, you need root privilege (or use sudo) because you want to list files opened by others
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- find the processes that have a given file open
`lsof {{/path/to/file}}`
- find the process that opened a local internet port
`lsof -i :{{port}}`
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- only output the process PID (e.g. to pipe into kill)
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`lsof -t {{/path/to/file}}`
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- list files opened by the given user
`lsof -u {{username}}`
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- list files opened by the given command or process (e.x nginx)
`lsof -c {{process_or_command_name}}`