lsof

Let us pick the bash process, PID 4163. 'lsof' gives the open files associated with it. bash 4163 sanjay cwd DIR 3,11 4096 47323

Jeremy Zawodny's linkblog 2008

I successfully downloaded the 'lsof' source from 'wuarchive. wustl.edu' and they appear to have a good set of current binaries for the latest os levels as well.

freshmeat.net Releases 2008

To know the number of currently open files on the system, do a 'lsof'.

Jeremy Zawodny's linkblog 2008

As you start your journey to become a 'lsof' master, make sure not to forget to read the man page.

Planet TW 2008

'file-max' kernel parameter refers to maximum number of file descriptors allowed per system and 'file-nr' refers to the number of current file descriptors used at any moment. 'lsof' gives the number of open files.

Jeremy Zawodny's linkblog 2008

For my own future reference, here's a good story on the much underused lsof and a nice cheatsheet for its various incantations before I only really did an 'lsof -n | grep processname' or a 'lsof -p pid'.

UFies.org: February 2007 Archives 2007

(In some cases useful info about processes that use the device is found by lsof (8) or fuser (1))

LinuxQuestions.org bellsal 2010

Checking lsof of neither device nor mount point gives me nothing, and checking the output of mount I see device isn't mounted anywhere.

Ubuntu Forums Septi 2010

And don't tell me to look at man of netstat and lsof command, give me more details please.

CodingForums.com BubikolRamios 2010

(In some cases useful info about processes that use the device is found by lsof (8) or fuser (1))

LinuxQuestions.org bellsal 2010