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# lsof
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> Lists open files and the corresponding processes
> Note: In most case, you need root privilege (or sudo) because you want to list files opened by other than you.
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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 :{{8080}}`
- only output the process PID (e.g. to pipe into kill)
`lsof -t {{/path/to/file}} | xargs kill -9`
- list files opened by user
`lsof -u {{username}}`
- list files opened by command (or process) name (e.x nginx)
`lsof -c {{process_or_command_name}}`