Questions tagged [lsof]
lsof is a tool to list open files of processes
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How do I monitor opened files of a process in realtime?
I know I can view the open files of a process using lsof at that moment in time on my Linux machine. However, a process can open, alter and close a file so quickly that I won't be able to see it when ...
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How can I know the process name which is opening a tcp port?
I have two linux servers. Let's say they are C and S.
C is client of S
On my S machine, I type.
$ netstat -an | grep ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 192.168.1.220:3306 C:57010 ...
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lsof compares to pfiles, difference?
pfiles in Solaris suspends files for a short period while examining them, however, lsof does not. How does lsof work that allows it to retrieve information while not suspending files?
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Information about the 1630/master app
When I run
$ sudo netstat -a --programs | grep LISTENING | grep 1630
I will get this output. Do you know what good are processes running under this app name? Why they are running on my system and if ...
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How can I monitor if anybody (any process) access is certain file [duplicate]
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Access history of a file
I know if a file is "being accessed" I can use lsof to see who (which process) is accessing it, but lsof is slow and heavy and I don't think I would ...
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lsof - age of file
The *nix command lsof gives you a list of open files. Is anyone aware of a way that would also list how long a particular file has been open? Either by using lsof or any other command. I'm using ...
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lsof and listening ports
I am trying to get all the processes listening for a network connection on Mac OS X. netstat does not have the -p option and I am trying with lsof
lsof -i -sTCP:LISTEN
gives me a fair list of ...
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Faster alternatives to lsof
I want to extract the process id of a certain process in order to shut it down. The process is a local web server using a certain port (localhost:3000), and I am currently doing it like this to ...
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Under AIX, how can I get the full path of a program bound to a port?
Under Linux I can use netstat -tulpnw and ps, like so:
# netstat -tulpnw | grep :53
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1482/named
udp ...
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Alternatives for "lsof" command?
In many cases lsof is not installed on the machines that I have to work with, but the "function" of lsof would be needed very much (for example on AIX). :\
Are there any lsof like ...
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Who's got the other end of this unix socketpair?
I want to determine which process has the other end of a UNIX socket.
Specifically, I'm asking about one that was created with socketpair(), though the problem is the same for any UNIX socket.
I ...
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Determining what process is bound to a port
I know that using the command:
lsof -i TCP
(or some variant of parameters with lsof) I can determine which process is bound to a particular port. This is useful say if I'm trying to start ...
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How do I get a mapping of Pid to Port?
I have a process which I need to run on a specific port. I have started some other process on that port and I need to kill it.
Unfortunately, I don't remember the name/pid of the other process so I ...
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