8 Basic lsof Commands Every Sysadmin Needs to Know
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by Super User, 8 years ago
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About this Video:
In this video I introduce the 'lsof' command, found on Linux and Unix systems. I'll show you some practical examples and teach you how to explore what's happening with the filesytem in a system or process.
1:00 Which files are open?
lsof
2:56 Which processes have this file open?
lsof /var/log/nginx-error.log
4:49 Which files does process X have open?
lsof -p 1
lsof -p `pgrep ABC`
7:08 Where is the binary for this process?
lsof -p ABC | grep bin
7:44 Which shared libraries is this program using? (manually upgrading software, i.e. openssl)
lsof -p PID | grep .so
8:03 Where is this thing logging to?
lsof -p ABC | grep log
8:40 Which processes still have this old library open?
lsof grep libname.so
9:45 Which files does user XYZ have open?
lsof -u XYZ
lsof -u XYZ -i # network only
10:25 Which process is listening on Port X (or using Protocol Y)?
lsof -i :80
lsof -i tcp
11:21 Super lsof Story Time!
14:03 Exercises
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