Click for a PDF with this and four other essential Linux articles. And, if you’ve ever heard anyone say that for Unix, everything is a file, you might not be too surprised to learn that lsof works ...

If you’re running Mac or Linux, you will already have this command installed. lsof tells you what a process is currently talking to. It will list the process’ network connections and which files it’s ...

Use the LiSt Open Files (LSOF) utility to track data flow related to ports, users, and applications. LiSt Open Files (LSOF) is a Linux utility that allows you to view current network connections and ...

Click for a PDF containing this and four other essential Linux articles. Both of the aliases below will list whatever files are open on your behalf when you are logged in. I suspect that few sysadmins ...

The lsof command is one of the most compelling Linux terminal commands for admins and power users. The name lsof stands for “List of Open Files” and it provides information about all files opened by ...

One thing I really like about Windows server compared to Mac OS X Server is the ability to quickly see what files are currently open, and who has them open.<BR><BR>I assume the only thing I can do on ...

Recently the LAN at my office had been running slower than usual, and I couldn’t pinpoint what was using up all the extra bandwidth. I had a suspicion that P2P traffic was to blame but I just couldn’t ...