tldr/common/lsof.md

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lsof

Lists open files and the corresponding processes

  • 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