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The lsof command in Linux displays in its output information about files that are opened by processes. In this article, we will discuss the tool using 15 easy-to-understand examples.
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By: sanket
Very nice explanation of lsof command .. keep posting ...
By: Claudis
What you have referenced, does it work on the latest Fedora software? Thank you
By: till
Yes, lsof is a standard command and it works on any Linux distribution.
By: ShabbyCat
Great article! Another useful one is "lsof -i tcp:PORT_NUMBER" to list processes happening on a specific port, useful for node.js when you need to kill a process.
Ex: lsof -i tcp:3000
then say you want to kill the process 5393 (PID) running on port 3000, you would run "kill -9 5393"
:)