====== lsof ======
===== Description =====
list open files
===== Example: Which ports are open? =====
* Updated, better example
lsof -i TCP
* Older example
# lsof | grep TCP
portmap 2587 rpc 4u IPv4 5544 TCP *:sunrpc (LISTEN)
rpc.statd 2606 root 6u IPv4 5585 TCP *:668 (LISTEN)
sshd 2788 root 3u IPv6 5991 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN)
sendmail 2843 root 4u IPv4 6160 TCP badhd:smtp (LISTEN)
vsftpd 9337 root 3u IPv4 34949 TCP *:ftp (LISTEN)
cupsd 16459 root 0u IPv4 41061 TCP badhd:ipp (LISTEN)
sshd 16892 root 3u IPv6 61003 TCP badhd.mshome.net:ssh->kontiki.mshome.net:4661 (ESTABLISHED)
===== Example: Show files open by Quicktime =====
lsof -c QuickTime
===== Example: Show files open by a user =====
* you can replace sort | uniq with "sort -u"
lsof | grep ' root ' | awk '{print $NF}' | sort | uniq | wc -l
179