lsof
Lists open files and the corresponding processes. Note: Root privileges (or sudo) is required to list files opened by others. More information: https://manned.org/lsof.
- 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
- Only output the process ID (PID):
lsof -t
path/to/file
- List files opened by the given user:
lsof -u
username
- List files opened by the given command or process:
lsof -c
process_or_command_name
- List files opened by a specific process, given its PID:
lsof -p
PID
- List open files in a directory:
lsof +D
path/to/directory
- Find the process that is listening on a local IPv6 TCP port and don't convert network or port numbers:
lsof -i6TCP:
port -sTCP:LISTEN -n -P