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[–] 24 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Who is using my file?

lsof path/to/file
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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    You almost always want to pair lsof with -n, as by default, it (slowly) lists a bunch of things that require name resolution.

    $ time lsof >/dev/null
    
    real    2m12.352s
    user    0m0.499s
    sys     0m1.217s
    $ time lsof -n >/dev/null
    
    real    0m1.600s
    user    0m0.523s
    sys     0m1.029s
    $
    
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