{"id":4572,"date":"2023-02-10T14:27:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T08:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=4572"},"modified":"2023-02-10T14:27:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T08:57:45","slug":"linux-find-out-open-files-descriptors-command-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/linux-find-out-open-files-descriptors-command-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux: Find Out Open Files [ Descriptors ] Command"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the <code>lsof<\/code> (list open files) command in Linux to find out which files (also called descriptors) are open by a process. The <code>lsof<\/code> command displays a list of all open files and the processes that have them open.<\/p>\n<p>To display the open files for a specific process, you can run the following command, where <code>&lt;pid&gt;<\/code> is the process ID of the process you&#8217;re interested in:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-css\">lsof -<span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">p<\/span> &lt;pid&gt;<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The output of the <code>lsof<\/code> command will show you the name of the file, its file descriptor, the process ID that has the file open, and other information such as the type of file and the current offset in the file.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you wanted to see the open files for the process with process ID 12345, you would run the following command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-css\">lsof -<span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">p<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">12345<\/span><br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note that the <code>lsof<\/code> command requires superuser privileges to run, so you may need to run it as root or with <code>sudo<\/code>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the lsof (list open files) command in Linux to find out which files (also called descriptors) are open by a process. 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