Linux Crash Course – The lsof Command

In the Linux Crash Course series, you’ll learn all the skills you’ll need to become a seasoned Linux Administrator, one video at a time! In this episode, we’ll take a look at the lsof command, which you can use to view open files on your Linux server or workstation. This is definitely a very useful command, so don’t miss out!

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— Individual Sections —
00:00 – Intro
02:15 – Akamai
03:41 – Basic usage of the lsof command
05:16 – Overview of the header columns of lsof output
12:09 – Filtering the output of the lsof command by user
14:49 – Narrowing down the output of lsof by process
16:19 – Using the lsof command to find processes by process ID
17:11 – A real-world example of the lsof command in action!
19:59 – Excluding a user from the output of the lsof command
21:06 – Using the lsof command to view open files by IPv4 and IPv6 IP addresses

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