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$ lsof [option] [command]

1	$ lsof [option] [command]

Option

-i : ポート番号
-c : プロセス名
-p : PID
-u : ユーザーID

Sample

# ポート指定
$ lsof  -i:80,443

# プロセス名指定
$ lsof -c mysqld

# pid指定
$ lsof -p 376

# ユーザー名指定
$ lsof -u ユーザ名

# ファイル名を指定
$ lsof /var/log/apache2/access.log

# ポート指定

$ lsof -i:80,443

# プロセス名指定

$ lsof -c mysqld

# pid指定

$ lsof -p 376

# ユーザー名指定

$ lsof -u ユーザ名

# ファイル名を指定

$ lsof /var/log/apache2/access.log

Discription

NAME
       lsof - list open files

SYNOPSIS
       lsof  [ -?abChKlnNOPRtUvVX ] [ -A A ] [ -c c ] [ +c c ] [ +|-d d ] [ +|-D D ] [ +|-e s ] [ +|-f [cfgGn] ] [ -F
       [f] ] [ -g [s] ] [ -i [i] ] [ -k k ] [ +|-L [l] ] [ +|-m m ] [ +|-M ] [ -o [o] ] [ -p s ] [ +|-r [t[m<fmt>]] ]
       [ -s [p:s] ] [ -S [t] ] [ -T [t] ] [ -u s ] [ +|-w ] [ -x [fl] ] [ -z [z] ] [ -Z [Z] ] [ -- ] [names]

DESCRIPTION
       Lsof  revision 4.86 lists on its standard output file information about files opened by processes for the fol‐
       lowing UNIX dialects:

            Apple Darwin 9 and Mac OS X 10.[567]
            FreeBSD 4.9 and 6.4 for x86-based systems
            FreeBSD 8.2, 9.0 and 10.0 for AMD64-based systems
            Linux 2.1.72 and above for x86-based systems
            Solaris 9, 10 and 11

       (See the DISTRIBUTION section of this manual page for information on how to obtain the latest lsof revision.)

       An open file may be a regular file, a directory, a block special file, a character special file, an  executing
       text  reference,  a  library, a stream or a network file (Internet socket, NFS file or UNIX domain socket.)  A
       specific file or all the files in a file system may be selected by path.

       Instead of a formatted display, lsof will produce output that can be parsed by other programs.   See  the  -F,
       option description, and the OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS section for more information.

       In  addition  to producing a single output list, lsof will run in repeat mode.  In repeat mode it will produce
       output, delay, then repeat the output operation until stopped with an interrupt or quit signal.  See the  +|-r
       [t[m</fmt><fmt>]] option description for more information.

OPTIONS
       In the absence of any options, lsof lists all open files belonging to all active processes.

       If  any  list request option is specified, other list requests must be specifically requested - e.g., if -U is
       specified for the listing of UNIX socket files, NFS files won't be listed unless -N is also specified; or if a
       user list is specified with the -u option, UNIX domain socket files, belonging to users not in the list, won't
       be listed unless the -U option is also specified.

       Normally list options that are specifically stated are ORed -  i.e.,  specifying  the  -i  option  without  an
       address  and the -ufoo option produces a listing of all network files OR files belonging to processes owned by
       user ``foo''.  The exceptions are:

       1) the `^' (negated) login name or user ID (UID), specified with the -u option;

       2) the `^' (negated) process ID (PID), specified with the -p option;

       3) the `^' (negated) process group ID (PGID), specified with the -g option;

       4) the `^' (negated) command, specified with the -c option;

       5) the (`^') negated TCP or UDP protocol state names, specified with the -s [p:s] option.

       Since they represent exclusions, they are applied without ORing or ANDing and take  effect  before  any  other
       selection criteria are applied.

       The -a option may be used to AND the selections.  For example, specifying -a, -U, and -ufoo produces a listing
       of only UNIX socket files that belong to processes owned by user ``foo''.

       Caution: the -a option causes all list selection options to be ANDed; it can't be  used  to  cause  ANDing  of
       selected pairs of selection options by placing it between them, even though its placement there is acceptable.
       Wherever -a is placed, it causes the ANDing of all selection options.

       Items of the same selection set - command names, file descriptors,  network  addresses,  process  identifiers,
       user  identifiers,  zone  names,  security  contexts  - are joined in a single ORed set and applied before the
       result participates in ANDing.  Thus, for example, specifying -i@aaa.bbb, -i@ccc.ddd, -a, and  -ufff,ggg  will
       select  the  listing  of  files that belong to either login ``fff'' OR ``ggg'' AND have network connections to
       either host aaa.bbb OR ccc.ddd.
       Options may be grouped together following a single prefix -- e.g., the option set ``-a -b -C'' may  be  stated
       as  -abC.   However,  since values are optional following +|-f, -F, -g, -i, +|-L, -o, +|-r, -s, -S, -T, -x and
       -z.  when you have no values for them be careful that the following character isn't ambiguous.   For  example,
       -Fn  might  represent  the -F and -n options, or it might represent the n field identifier character following
       the -F option.  When ambiguity is possible, start a new option with a `-' character - e.g., ``-F -n''.  If the
       next option is a file name, follow the possibly ambiguous option with ``--'' - e.g., ``-F -- name''.

       Either  the  `+'  or the `-' prefix may be applied to a group of options.  Options that don't take on separate
       meanings for each prefix - e.g., -i - may be grouped under either prefix.  Thus, for example, ``+M -i'' may be
       stated  as  ``+Mi''  and the group means the same as the separate options.  Be careful of prefix grouping when
       one or more options in the group does take on separate meanings under different prefixes - e.g., +|-M; ``-iM''
       is not the same request as ``-i +M''.  When in doubt, use separate options with appropriate prefixes.

       -? -h    These  two  equivalent  options select a usage (help) output list.  Lsof displays a shortened form of
                this output when it detects an error in the options supplied to it, after it has  displayed  messages
                explaining each error.  (Escape the `?' character as your shell requires.)

       -a       causes list selection options to be ANDed, as described above.

       -A A     is  available on systems configured for AFS whose AFS kernel code is implemented via dynamic modules.
                It allows the lsof user to specify A as an alternate name list file where the kernel addresses of the
                dynamic  modules  might  be  found.  See the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)  for more
                information about dynamic modules, their symbols, and how they affect lsof.

       -b       causes lsof to avoid kernel functions that might block - lstat(2), readlink(2), and stat(2).

                See the BLOCKS AND TIMEOUTS and AVOIDING KERNEL BLOCKS sections for information on using this option.

       -c c     selects the listing of files for processes executing the command that begins with the  characters  of
                c.   Multiple commands may be specified, using multiple -c options.  They are joined in a single ORed
                set before participating in AND option selection.

                If c begins with a `^', then the following characters specify a command name whose processes  are  to
                be ignored (excluded.)

                If c begins and ends with a slash ('/'), the characters between the slashes are interpreted as a reg‐
                ular expression.  Shell meta-characters in the regular expression must be  quoted  to  prevent  their
                interpretation by the shell.  The closing slash may be followed by these modifiers:

                     b    the regular expression is a basic one.
                     i    ignore the case of letters.
                     x    the regular expression is an extended one
                          (default).

                See  the  lsof  FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)  for more information on basic and extended
                regular expressions.

                The simple command specification is tested first.  If that test fails, the command regular expression
                is  applied.   If  the  simple command test succeeds, the command regular expression test isn't made.
                This may result in ``no command found for regex:'' messages when lsof's -V option is specified.

       +c w     defines the maximum number of initial characters of the name, supplied by the UNIX  dialect,  of  the
                UNIX  command  associated  with  a process to be printed in the COMMAND column.  (The lsof default is
                nine.)

                Note that many UNIX dialects do not supply all command name characters  to  lsof  in  the  files  and
                structures  from which lsof obtains command name.  Often dialects limit the number of characters sup‐
                plied in those sources.  For example, Linux 2.4.27 and Solaris 9 both limit command name length to 16
                characters.

                If w is zero ('0'), all command characters supplied to lsof by the UNIX dialect will be printed.

                If w is less than the length of the column title, ``COMMAND'', it will be raised to that length.

       -C       disables the reporting of any path name components from the kernel's name cache.  See the KERNEL NAME
                CACHE section for more information.

       +d s     causes lsof to search for all open instances of directory s and the files and directories it contains
                at  its top level.  +d does NOT descend the directory tree, rooted at s.  The +D D option may be used
                to request a full-descent directory tree search, rooted at directory D.

                Processing of the +d option does not follow symbolic links within s unless the -x or -x  l option  is
                also specified.  Nor does it search for open files on file system mount points on subdirectories of s
                unless the -x or -x  f option is also specified.

                Note: the authority of the user of this option limits it to searching for files  that  the  user  has
                permission to examine with the system stat(2) function.

       -d s     specifies  a  list  of  file descriptors (FDs) to exclude from or include in the output listing.  The
                file descriptors are specified in the comma-separated set s - e.g., ``cwd,1,3'',  ``^6,^2''.   (There
                should be no spaces in the set.)

                The  list  is an exclusion list if all entries of the set begin with `^'.  It is an inclusion list if
                no entry begins with `^'.  Mixed lists are not permitted.

                A file descriptor number range may be in the set as long as neither member is empty, both members are
                numbers,  and  the ending member is larger than the starting one - e.g., ``0-7'' or ``3-10''.  Ranges
                may be specified for exclusion if they have the  `^'  prefix  -  e.g.,  ``^0-7''  excludes  all  file
                descriptors 0 through 7.

                Multiple  file  descriptor numbers are joined in a single ORed set before participating in AND option
                selection.

                When there are exclusion and inclusion members in the set, lsof reports them as errors and exits with
                a non-zero return code.

                See  the description of File Descriptor (FD) output values in the OUTPUT section for more information
                on file descriptor names.

       +D D     causes lsof to search for all open instances of directory D and all the files and directories it con‐
                tains to its complete depth.

                Processing  of the +D option does not follow symbolic links within D unless the -x or -x  l option is
                also specified.  Nor does it search for open files on file system mount points on subdirectories of D
                unless the -x or -x  f option is also specified.

                Note:  the  authority  of  the user of this option limits it to searching for files that the user has
                permission to examine with the system stat(2) function.

                Further note: lsof may process this option slowly and require a large amount of dynamic memory to  do
                it.  This is because it must descend the entire directory tree, rooted at D, calling stat(2) for each
                file and directory, building a list of all the files it finds, and searching that list  for  a  match
                with  every  open  file.   When  directory  D is large, these steps can take a long time, so use this
                option prudently.

       -D D     directs lsof's use of the device cache file.  The use of this option is  sometimes  restricted.   See
                the DEVICE CACHE FILE section and the sections that follow it for more information on this option.

                -D  must  be  followed by a function letter; the function letter may optionally be followed by a path
                name.  Lsof recognizes these function letters:

                     ? - report device cache file paths
                     b - build the device cache file
                     i - ignore the device cache file
                     r - read the device cache file
                     u - read and update the device cache file

                The b, r, and u functions, accompanied by a path name, are sometimes restricted.   When  these  func‐
                tions are restricted, they will not appear in the description of the -D option that accompanies -h or
                -?  option output.  See the DEVICE CACHE FILE section and the sections that follow it for more infor‐
                mation on these functions and when they're restricted.

                The  ?   function  reports the read-only and write paths that lsof can use for the device cache file,
                the names of any environment variables whose values lsof will examine when forming the  device  cache
                file path, and the format for the personal device cache file path.  (Escape the `?' character as your
                shell requires.)

                When available, the b, r, and u functions may be followed by the device cache file's path.  The stan‐
                dard default is .lsof_hostname in the home directory of the real user ID that executes lsof, but this
                could have been changed when lsof was configured and compiled.  (The output of the -h and -?  options
                show  the current default prefix - e.g., ``.lsof''.)  The suffix, hostname, is the first component of
                the host's name returned by gethostname(2).

                When available, the b function directs lsof to build a new device cache file at the default or speci‐
                fied path.

                The  i function directs lsof to ignore the default device cache file and obtain its information about
                devices via direct calls to the kernel.

                The r function directs lsof to read the device cache at the default or specified path,  but  prevents
                it  from  creating  a new device cache file when none exists or the existing one is improperly struc‐
                tured.  The r function, when specified without a path name, prevents lsof from updating an  incorrect
                or  outdated  device cache file, or creating a new one in its place.  The r function is always avail‐
                able when it is specified without a path name argument; it may be restricted by  the  permissions  of
                the lsof process.

                When available, the u function directs lsof to read the device cache file at the default or specified
                path, if possible, and to rebuild it, if necessary.  This is the default device cache  file  function
                when no -D option has been specified.

       +|-e s   exempts the file system whose path name is s from being subjected to kernel function calls that might
                block.  The +e option exempts stat(2), lstat(2) and most readlink(2) kernel function calls.   The  -e
                option  exempts only stat(2) and lstat(2) kernel function calls.  Multiple file systems may be speci‐
                fied with separate +|-e specifications and each may have readlink(2) calls exempted or not.

                This option is currently implemented only for Linux.

                CAUTION: this option can easily be mis-applied to other than the file system of interest, because  it
                uses path name rather than the more reliable device and inode numbers.  (Device and inode numbers are
                acquired via the potentially blocking stat(2) kernel call and are thus not  available,  but  see  the
                +|-m  m  option  as a possible alternative way to supply device numbers.)  Use this option with great
                care and fully specify the path name of the file system to be exempted.

                When open files on exempted file systems are reported, it may not be possible  to  obtain  all  their
                information.   Therefore, some information columns will be blank, the characters ``UNKN'' preface the
                values in the TYPE column, and the applicable exemption option is added in parentheses to the end  of
                the NAME column.  (Some device number information might be made available via the +|-m m option.)

       +|-f [cfgGn]
                f by itself clarifies how path name arguments are to be interpreted.  When followed by c, f, g, G, or
                n in any combination it specifies that the listing of kernel file  structure  information  is  to  be
                enabled (`+') or inhibited (`-').

                Normally  a path name argument is taken to be a file system name if it matches a mounted-on directory
                name reported by mount(8), or if it represents a block device, named in the mount output and  associ‐
                ated  with  a mounted directory name.  When +f is specified, all path name arguments will be taken to
                be file system names, and lsof will complain if any are not.  This can be useful, for  example,  when
                the  file  system  name  (mounted-on device) isn't a block device.  This happens for some CD-ROM file
                systems.

                When -f is specified by itself, all path name arguments will be taken to be simple files.  Thus,  for
                example, the ``-f -- /'' arguments direct lsof to search for open files with a `/' path name, not all
                open files in the `/' (root) file system.

                Be careful to make sure +f and -f are properly terminated and aren't followed by a  character  (e.g.,
                of  the  file or file system name) that might be taken as a parameter.  For example, use ``--'' after
                +f and -f as in these examples.

                     $ lsof +f -- /file/system/name
                     $ lsof -f -- /file/name

                The listing of information from kernel file structures, requested with the +f [cfgGn] option form, is
                normally inhibited, and is not available in whole or part for some dialects - e.g., /proc-based Linux
                kernels below 2.6.22.  When the prefix to f is a plus  sign  (`+'),  these  characters  request  file
                structure information:

                     c    file structure use count (not Linux)
                     f    file structure address (not Linux)
                     g    file flag abbreviations (Linux 2.6.22 and up)
                     G    file flags in hexadecimal (Linux 2.6.22 and up)
                     n    file structure node address (not Linux)

                When the prefix is minus (`-') the same characters disable the listing of the indicated values.

                File  structure  addresses,  use counts, flags, and node addresses may be used to detect more readily
                identical files inherited by child processes and identical files in use by different processes.  Lsof
                column  output  can  be  sorted by output columns holding the values and listed to identify identical
                file use, or lsof field output can be parsed by an AWK or Perl post-filter script, or by a C program.

       -F f     specifies a character list, f, that selects the fields to be output for processing  by  another  pro‐
                gram, and the character that terminates each output field.  Each field to be output is specified with
                a single character in f.  The field terminator defaults to NL, but may be changed to NUL (000).   See
                the  OUTPUT  FOR  OTHER PROGRAMS section for a description of the field identification characters and
                the field output process.

                When the field selection character list is empty, all standard fields are selected  (except  the  raw
                device  field, security context and zone field for compatibility reasons) and the NL field terminator
                is used.

                When the field selection character list contains only a zero (`0'), all fields are  selected  (except
                the raw device field for compatibility reasons) and the NUL terminator character is used.

                Other  combinations  of  fields  and  their  associated  field  terminator character must be set with
                explicit entries in f, as described in the OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS section.

                When a field selection character identifies an item  lsof  does  not  normally  list  -  e.g.,  PPID,
                selected with -R - specification of the field character - e.g., ``-FR'' - also selects the listing of
                the item.

                When the field selection character list contains the single character `?', lsof will display  a  help
                list of the field identification characters.  (Escape the `?' character as your shell requires.)

       -g [s]   excludes  or  selects the listing of files for the processes whose optional process group IDentifica‐
                tion (PGID) numbers are in the comma-separated set s - e.g., ``123'' or ``123,^456''.  (There  should
                be no spaces in the set.)

                PGID numbers that begin with `^' (negation) represent exclusions.

                Multiple  PGID  numbers are joined in a single ORed set before participating in AND option selection.
                However, PGID exclusions are applied without ORing or ANDing and take effect before  other  selection
                criteria are applied.

                The  -g  option  also  enables the output display of PGID numbers.  When specified without a PGID set
                that's all it does.

       -i [i]   selects the listing of files any of whose Internet address matches the address specified in i.  If no
                address is specified, this option selects the listing of all Internet and x.25 (HP-UX) network files.

                If -i4 or -i6 is specified with no following address, only files of the indicated IP version, IPv4 or
                IPv6, are displayed.  (An IPv6 specification may be used only if the dialects supports IPv6, as indi‐
                cated by ``[46]'' and ``IPv[46]'' in lsof's -h or -?  output.)  Sequentially specifying -i4, followed
                by -i6 is the same as specifying -i, and vice-versa.  Specifying -i4, or -i6 after -i is the same  as
                specifying -i4 or -i6 by itself.

                Multiple  addresses (up to a limit of 100) may be specified with multiple -i options.  (A port number
                or service name range is counted as one address.)  They are joined in a single ORed set  before  par‐
                ticipating in AND option selection.

                An Internet address is specified in the form (Items in square brackets are optional.):

                [46][protocol][@hostname|hostaddr][:service|port]

                where:
                     46 specifies the IP version, IPv4 or IPv6
                          that applies to the following address.
                          '6' may be be specified only if the UNIX
                          dialect supports IPv6.  If neither '4' nor
                          '6' is specified, the following address
                          applies to all IP versions.
                     protocol is a protocol name - TCP, UDP
                     hostname is an Internet host name.  Unless a
                          specific IP version is specified, open
                          network files associated with host names
                          of all versions will be selected.
                     hostaddr is a numeric Internet IPv4 address in
                          dot form; or an IPv6 numeric address in
                          colon form, enclosed in brackets, if the
                          UNIX dialect supports IPv6.  When an IP
                          version is selected, only its numeric
                          addresses may be specified.
                     service is an /etc/services name - e.g., smtp -
                          or a list of them.
                     port is a port number, or a list of them.

                IPv6  options  may  be  used  only if the UNIX dialect supports IPv6.  To see if the dialect supports
                IPv6, run lsof and specify the -h or -?  (help) option.  If  the  displayed  description  of  the  -i
                option contains ``[46]'' and ``IPv[46]'', IPv6 is supported.

                IPv4  host names and addresses may not be specified if network file selection is limited to IPv6 with
                -i 6.  IPv6 host names and addresses may not be specified if network file  selection  is  limited  to
                IPv4  with  -i  4.   When  an open IPv4 network file's address is mapped in an IPv6 address, the open
                file's type will be IPv6, not IPv4, and its display will be selected by '6', not '4'.

                At least one address component - 4, 6, protocol, hostname, hostaddr, or service - must  be  supplied.
                The  `@'  character,  leading  the host specification, is always required; as is the `:', leading the
                port specification.  Specify either hostname or hostaddr.  Specify either service name list  or  port
                number  list.  If a service name list is specified, the protocol may also need to be specified if the
                TCP, UDP and UDPLITE port numbers for the service name are different.  Use any case - lower or  upper
                - for protocol.

                Service  names  and  port numbers may be combined in a list whose entries are separated by commas and
                whose numeric range entries are separated by minus signs.  There may be no embedded spaces,  and  all
                service  names must belong to the specified protocol.  Since service names may contain embedded minus
                signs, the starting entry of a range can't be a service name; it can be a port number, however.

                Here are some sample addresses:

                     -i6 - IPv6 only
                     TCP:25 - TCP and port 25
                     @1.2.3.4 - Internet IPv4 host address 1.2.3.4
                     @[3ffe:1ebc::1]:1234 - Internet IPv6 host address
                          3ffe:1ebc::1, port 1234
                     UDP:who - UDP who service port
                     TCP@lsof.itap:513 - TCP, port 513 and host name lsof.itap
                     tcp@foo:1-10,smtp,99 - TCP, ports 1 through 10,
                          service name smtp, port 99, host name foo
                     tcp@bar:1-smtp - TCP, ports 1 through smtp, host bar
                     :time - either TCP, UDP or UDPLITE time service port

       -K       selects the listing of tasks of processes, on dialects where task reporting is supported.   (If  help
                output  -  i.e., the output of the -h or -?  options - shows this option, then task reporting is sup‐
                ported by the dialect.)

                When -K and -a are both specified and the tasks of a main process are selected by other options,  the
                main  process will also be listed as though it were a task, but without a task ID.  (See the descrip‐
                tion of the TID column in the OUTPUT section.)

       -k k     specifies a kernel name list file, k, in place of /vmunix, /mach, etc.  -k is not available under AIX
                on the IBM RISC/System 6000.

       -l       inhibits  the conversion of user ID numbers to login names.  It is also useful when login name lookup
                is working improperly or slowly.

       +|-L [l] enables (`+') or disables (`-') the listing of file link counts, where they  are  available  -  e.g.,
                they aren't available for sockets, or most FIFOs and pipes.

                When  +L  is specified without a following number, all link counts will be listed.  When -L is speci‐
                fied (the default), no link counts will be listed.

                When +L is followed by a number, only files having a link count less than that number will be listed.
                (No number may follow -L.)  A specification of the form ``+L1'' will select open files that have been
                unlinked.  A specification of the form ``+aL1 <file_system>'' will select unlinked open files on  the
                specified file system.

                For other link count comparisons, use field output (-F) and a post-processing script or program.

       +|-m m   specifies an alternate kernel memory file or activates mount table supplement processing.

                The  option  form -m m specifies a kernel memory file, m, in place of /dev/kmem or /dev/mem - e.g., a
                crash dump file.

                The option form +m requests that a mount supplement file be written to the standard output file.  All
                other options are silently ignored.

                There  will  be  a  line  in  the  mount supplement file for each mounted file system, containing the
                mounted file system directory, followed by a single space, followed by the device number in hexadeci‐
                mal "0x" format - e.g.,

                     / 0x801

                Lsof  can use the mount supplement file to get device numbers for file systems when it can't get them
                via stat(2) or lstat(2).

                The option form +m m identifies m as a mount supplement file.

                Note: the +m and +m m options are not available for all supported  dialects.   Check  the  output  of
                lsof's -h or -?  options to see if the +m and +m m options are available.

       +|-M     Enables  (+) or disables (-) the reporting of portmapper registrations for local TCP, UDP and UDPLITE
                ports, where port mapping is supported.  (See the last  paragraph  of  this  option  description  for
                information about where portmapper registration reporting is suported.)

                The  default  reporting  mode  is  set  by  the  lsof  builder with the HASPMAPENABLED #define in the
                dialect's machine.h header file; lsof is distributed with the HASPMAPENABLED #define deactivated,  so
                portmapper  reporting  is disabled by default and must be requested with +M.  Specifying lsof's -h or
                -?  option will report the default mode.  Disabling portmapper registration when it is  already  dis‐
                abled  or  enabling it when already enabled is acceptable.  When portmapper registration reporting is
                enabled, lsof displays the portmapper registration (if any) for local TCP, UDP or  UDPLITE  ports  in
                square  brackets  immediately  following the port numbers or service names - e.g., ``:1234[name]'' or
                ``:name[100083]''.  The registration information may be a name or number, depending on what the  reg‐
                istering program supplied to the portmapper when it registered the port.

                When  portmapper  registration reporting is enabled, lsof may run a little more slowly or even become
                blocked when access to the portmapper becomes congested or stopped.  Reverse the  reporting  mode  to
                determine if portmapper registration reporting is slowing or blocking lsof.

                For purposes of portmapper registration reporting lsof considers a TCP, UDP or UDPLITE port local if:
                it is found in the local part of its containing kernel structure; or if it is located in the  foreign
                part of its containing kernel structure and the local and foreign Internet addresses are the same; or
                if it is located in the foreign part of its containing kernel  structure  and  the  foreign  Internet
                address  is  INADDR_LOOPBACK  (127.0.0.1).   This  rule  may  make  lsof ignore some foreign ports on
                machines with multiple interfaces when the foreign Internet address is on a different interface  from
                the local one.

                See  the  lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)  for further discussion of portmapper regis‐
                tration reporting issues.

                Portmapper registration reporting is supported only on dialects that have RPC  header  files.   (Some
                Linux  distributions  with  GlibC  2.14 do not have them.)  When portmapper registration reporting is
                supported, the -h or -?  help output will show the +|-M option.

       -n       inhibits the conversion of network numbers to host names for network  files.   Inhibiting  conversion
                may make lsof run faster.  It is also useful when host name lookup is not working properly.

       -N       selects the listing of NFS files.

       -o       directs  lsof  to display file offset at all times.  It causes the SIZE/OFF output column title to be
                changed to OFFSET.  Note: on some UNIX dialects lsof can't obtain accurate or consistent file  offset
                information  from its kernel data sources, sometimes just for particular kinds of files (e.g., socket
                files.)  Consult the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)  for more information.

                The -o and -s options are mutually exclusive; they can't both be specified.  When neither  is  speci‐
                fied,  lsof  displays  whatever value - size or offset - is appropriate and available for the type of
                the file.

       -o o     defines the number of decimal digits (o) to be printed after the ``0t'' for a file offset before  the
                form  is  switched  to ``0x...''.  An o value of zero (unlimited) directs lsof to use the ``0t'' form
                for all offset output.

                This option does NOT direct lsof to display offset at all times; specify -o (without a trailing  num‐
                ber) to do that.  -o o only specifies the number of digits after ``0t'' in either mixed size and off‐
                set or offset-only output.  Thus, for example, to direct lsof to display offset at all times  with  a
                decimal digit count of 10, use:

                     -o -o 10
                or
                     -oo10

                The  default  number  of  digits allowed after ``0t'' is normally 8, but may have been changed by the
                lsof builder.  Consult the description of the -o o option in the output of the -h or  -?   option  to
                determine the default that is in effect.

       -O       directs  lsof to bypass the strategy it uses to avoid being blocked by some kernel operations - i.e.,
                doing them in forked child processes.  See the BLOCKS AND TIMEOUTS and AVOIDING  KERNEL  BLOCKS  sec‐
                tions for more information on kernel operations that may block lsof.

                While  use  of this option will reduce lsof startup overhead, it may also cause lsof to hang when the
                kernel doesn't respond to a function.  Use this option cautiously.

       -p s     excludes or selects the listing of files for the  processes  whose  optional  process  IDentification
                (PID)  numbers are in the comma-separated set s - e.g., ``123'' or ``123,^456''.  (There should be no
                spaces in the set.)

                PID numbers that begin with `^' (negation) represent exclusions.

                Multiple process ID numbers are joined in a single ORed set before participating in AND option selec‐
                tion.   However,  PID  exclusions  are  applied  without ORing or ANDing and take effect before other
                selection criteria are applied.

       -P       inhibits the conversion of port numbers to port names for network files.  Inhibiting  the  conversion
                may make lsof run a little faster.  It is also useful when port name lookup is not working properly.

       +|-r [t[m<fmt>]]
                puts lsof in repeat mode.  There lsof lists open files as selected by other options, delays t seconds
                (default fifteen), then repeats the listing, delaying and listing repetitively  until  stopped  by  a
                condition defined by the prefix to the option.

                If  the  prefix  is a `-', repeat mode is endless.  Lsof must be terminated with an interrupt or quit
                signal.

                If the prefix is `+', repeat mode will end the first cycle no open files are listed - and  of  course
                when  lsof  is  stopped with an interrupt or quit signal.  When repeat mode ends because no files are
                listed, the process exit code will be zero if any open files were ever listed; one, if none were ever
                listed.

                Lsof  marks  the  end of each listing: if field output is in progress (the -F, option has been speci‐
                fied), the default marker is `m'; otherwise the default marker is ``========''.  The marker  is  fol‐
                lowed by a NL character.

                The  optional "m</fmt><fmt>" argument specifies a format for the marker line.  The </fmt><fmt> characters follow‐
                ing `m' are interpreted as a format specification to the strftime(3) function, when both it  and  the
                localtime(3)  function  are available in the dialect's C library.  Consult the strftime(3) documenta‐
                tion for what may appear in its format specification.  Note that when field output is requested  with
                the -F option, </fmt><fmt> cannot contain the NL format, ``%n''.  Note also that when </fmt><fmt> contains spaces
                or other characters that affect the shell's interpretation of arguments, </fmt><fmt> must be quoted  appro‐
                priately.

                Repeat mode reduces lsof startup overhead, so it is more efficient to use this mode than to call lsof
                repetitively from a shell script, for example.

                To use repeat mode most efficiently, accompany  +|-r  with  specification  of  other  lsof  selection
                options,  so  the  amount  of kernel memory access lsof does will be kept to a minimum.  Options that
                filter at the process level - e.g., -c, -g, -p, -u - are the most efficient selectors.

                Repeat mode is useful when coupled with field output (see the -F, option description) and a supervis‐
                ing awk or Perl script, or a C program.

       -R       directs lsof to list the Parent Process IDentification number in the PPID column.

       -s [p:s] s  alone  directs lsof to display file size at all times.  It causes the SIZE/OFF output column title
                to be changed to SIZE.  If the file does not have a size, nothing is displayed.

                When followed by a protocol name (p), either TCP or UDP, a colon (`:') and a comma-separated protocol
                state  name  list, the option causes open TCP and UDP files to be excluded if their state name(s) are
                in the list (s) preceded by a `^'; or included if their name(s) are not preceded by a `^'.

                When an inclusion list is defined, only network files with state names in the list will be present in
                the  lsof output.  Thus, specifying one state name means that only network files with that lone state
                name will be listed.

                Case is unimportant in the protocol or state names, but there may be no spaces and  the  colon  (`:')
                separating the protocol name (p) and the state name list (s) is required.

                If only TCP and UDP files are to be listed, as controlled by the specified exclusions and inclusions,
                the -i option must be specified, too.  If only a single protocol's files are to be  listed,  add  its
                name as an argument to the -i option.

                For example, to list only network files with TCP state LISTEN, use:

                     -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN

                Or, for example, to list network files with all UDP states except Idle, use:

                     -iUDP -sUDP:Idle

                State  names  vary  with UNIX dialects, so it's not possible to provide a complete list.  Some common
                TCP state names are: CLOSED, IDLE,  BOUND,  LISTEN,  ESTABLISHED,  SYN_SENT,  SYN_RCDV,  ESTABLISHED,
                CLOSE_WAIT,  FIN_WAIT1, CLOSING, LAST_ACK, FIN_WAIT_2, and TIME_WAIT.  Two common UDP state names are
                Unbound and Idle.

                See the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)  for more information on how to  use  protocol
                state exclusion and inclusion, including examples.

                The  -o  (without  a  following  decimal digit count) and -s option (without a following protocol and
                state name list) are mutually exclusive; they can't both be specified.  When  neither  is  specified,
                lsof displays whatever value - size or offset - is appropriate and available for the type of file.

                Since  some  types  of  files don't have true sizes - sockets, FIFOs, pipes, etc. - lsof displays for
                their sizes the content amounts in their associated kernel buffers, if possible.

       -S [t]   specifies an optional time-out seconds value  for  kernel  functions  -  lstat(2),  readlink(2),  and
                stat(2)  -  that  might  otherwise deadlock.  The minimum for t is two; the default, fifteen; when no
                value is specified, the default is used.

                See the BLOCKS AND TIMEOUTS section for more information.

       -T [t]   controls the reporting of some TCP/TPI information, also reported by netstat(1), following  the  net‐
                work addresses.  In normal output the information appears in parentheses, each item except TCP or TPI
                state name identified by a keyword, followed by `=', separated from others by a single space:

                     <tcp or TPI state name>
                     QR=<read queue length>
                     QS=<send queue length>
                     SO=<socket options and values>
                     SS=</socket><socket states>
                     TF=<tcp flags and values>
                     WR=<window read length>
                     WW=</window><window write length>

                Not all values are reported for all UNIX dialects.  Items values (when available) are reported  after
                the item name and '='.

                When  the  field  output  mode  is in effect (See OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS.)  each item appears as a
                field with a `T' leading character.

                -T with no following key characters disables TCP/TPI information reporting.

                -T with following characters selects the reporting of specific TCP/TPI information:

                     f    selects reporting of socket options,
                          states and values, and TCP flags and
                          values.
                     q    selects queue length reporting.
                     s    selects connection state reporting.
                     w    selects window size reporting.

                Not all selections are enabled for some UNIX dialects.  State may be selected for all dialects and is
                reported  by  default.   The -h or -?  help output for the -T option will show what selections may be
                used with the UNIX dialect.

                When -T is used to select information - i.e., it is followed by one or more  selection  characters  -
                the displaying of state is disabled by default, and it must be explicitly selected again in the char‐
                acters following -T.  (In effect, then, the default is equivalent to -Ts.)   For  example,  if  queue
                lengths and state are desired, use -Tqs.

                Socket  options, socket states, some socket values, TCP flags and one TCP value may be reported (when
                available in the UNIX dialect) in the form of the names that commonly appear  after  SO_,  so_,  SS_,
                TCP_   and  TF_  in  the  dialect's  header  files - most often <sys /socket.h>, </sys><sys /socketvar.h> and
                <netinet /tcp_var.h>.  Consult those header files for the meaning of the flags,  options,  states  and
                values.

                ``SO=''  precedes  socket options and values; ``SS='', socket states; and ``TF='', TCP flags and val‐
                ues.

                If a flag or option has a value, the value will follow an '=' and the name -- e.g.,  ``SO=LINGER=5'',
                ``SO=QLIM=5'', ``TF=MSS=512''.  The following seven values may be reported:

                     Name
                     Reported  Description (Common Symbol)

                     KEEPALIVE keep alive time (SO_KEEPALIVE)
                     LINGER    linger time (SO_LINGER)
                     MSS       maximum segment size (TCP_MAXSEG)
                     PQLEN     partial listen queue connections
                     QLEN      established listen queue connections
                     QLIM      established listen queue limit
                     RCVBUF    receive buffer length (SO_RCVBUF)
                     SNDBUF    send buffer length (SO_SNDBUF)

                Details  on  what socket options and values, socket states, and TCP flags and values may be displayed
                for particular UNIX dialects may be found in the answer to  the  ``Why  doesn't  lsof  report  socket
                options,  socket states, and TCP flags and values for my dialect?'' and ``Why doesn't lsof report the
                partial listen queue connection count for my dialect?''  questions in the lsof FAQ (The  FAQ  section
                gives its location.)

       -t       specifies  that  lsof should produce terse output with process identifiers only and no header - e.g.,
                so that the output may be piped to kill(1).  -t selects the -w option.

       -u s     selects the listing of files for the user whose login names or user ID numbers are in the comma-sepa‐
                rated set s - e.g., ``abe'', or ``548,root''.  (There should be no spaces in the set.)

                Multiple  login  names or user ID numbers are joined in a single ORed set before participating in AND
                option selection.

                If a login name or user ID is preceded by a `^', it becomes a negation -  i.e.,  files  of  processes
                owned  by  the login name or user ID will never be listed.  A negated login name or user ID selection
                is neither ANDed nor ORed with other selections; it is applied before all other selections and  abso‐
                lutely  excludes the listing of the files of the process.  For example, to direct lsof to exclude the
                listing of files belonging to root processes, specify ``-u^root'' or ``-u^0''.

       -U       selects the listing of UNIX domain socket files.

       -v       selects the listing of lsof version information, including: revision number; when the lsof binary was
                constructed;  who  constructed  the  binary and where; the name of the compiler used to construct the
                lsof binary; the version number of the compiler when readily available; the compiler and loader flags
                used to construct the lsof binary; and system information, typically the output of uname's -a option.

       -V       directs  lsof  to  indicate  the  items it was asked to list and failed to find - command names, file
                names, Internet addresses or files, login names, NFS files, PIDs, PGIDs, and UIDs.

                When other options are ANDed to search options, or compile-time options restrict the listing of  some
                files,  lsof may not report that it failed to find a search item when an ANDed option or compile-time
                option prevents the listing of the open file containing the located search item.

                For example, ``lsof -V -iTCP@foobar -a -d 999'' may not report a failure  to  locate  open  files  at
                ``TCP@foobar''  and may not list any, if none have a file descriptor number of 999.  A similar situa‐
                tion arises when HASSECURITY and HASNOSOCKSECURITY are defined at compile time and they  prevent  the
                listing of open files.

       +|-w     Enables (+) or disables (-) the suppression of warning messages.

                The  lsof  builder  may  choose to have warning messages disabled or enabled by default.  The default
                warning message state is indicated in the output of the -h or -?  option.  Disabling warning messages
                when they are already disabled or enabling them when already enabled is acceptable.

                The -t option selects the -w option.

       -x [fl]  may  accompany  the  +d and +D options to direct their processing to cross over symbolic links and|or
                file system mount points encountered when scanning the directory (+d) or directory tree (+D).

                If -x is specified by itself without a following parameter, cross-over processing  of  both  symbolic
                links  and  file system mount points is enabled.  Note that when -x is specified without a parameter,
                the next argument must begin with '-' or '+'.

                The optional 'f' parameter enables file system mount point cross-over processing; 'l', symbolic  link
                cross-over processing.

                The -x option may not be supplied without also supplying a +d or +D option.

       -X       This is a dialect-specific option.

           AIX:
                This  IBM AIX RISC/System 6000 option requests the reporting of executed text file and shared library
                references.

                WARNING: because this option uses the kernel readx() function, its use on a  busy  AIX  system  might
                cause an application process to hang so completely that it can neither be killed nor stopped.  I have
                never seen this happen or had a report of its happening, but I think there is a remote possibility it
                could happen.

                By  default  use of readx() is disabled.  On AIX 5L and above lsof may need setuid-root permission to
                perform the actions this option requests.

                The lsof builder may specify that the -X option be restricted to processes whose real  UID  is  root.
                If that has been done, the -X option will not appear in the -h or -?  help output unless the real UID
                of the lsof process is root.  The default lsof distribution allows any  UID  to  specify  -X,  so  by
                default it will appear in the help output.

                When  AIX readx() use is disabled, lsof may not be able to report information for all text and loader
                file references, but it may also avoid exacerbating an AIX  kernel  directory  search  kernel  error,
                known as the Stale Segment ID bug.

                The  readx()  function,  used  by lsof or any other program to access some sections of kernel virtual
                memory, can trigger the Stale Segment ID bug.  It can cause the  kernel's  dir_search()  function  to
                believe  erroneously  that  part  of  an  in-memory  copy of a file system directory has been zeroed.
                Another application process, distinct from lsof, asking the kernel to search the directory - e.g., by
                using open(2) - can cause dir_search() to loop forever, thus hanging the application process.

                Consult the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)  and the 00README file of the lsof distri‐
                bution for a more complete description of the Stale Segment ID bug, its APAR, and methods for  defin‐
                ing readx() use when compiling lsof.

           Linux:
                This  Linux  option  requests  that  lsof  skip the reporting of information on all open TCP, UDP and
                UDPLITE IPv4 and IPv6 files.

                This Linux option is most useful when the system has an extremely large number of open TCP,  UDP  and
                UDPLITE  files,  the  processing  of whose information in the /proc/net/tcp* and /proc/net/udp* files
                would take lsof a long time, and whose reporting is not of interest.

                Use this option with care and only when you are sure that the information you want  lsof  to  display
                isn't associated with open TCP, UDP or UDPLITE socket files.

           Solaris 10 and above:
                This  Solaris  10  and  above  option requests the reporting of cached paths for files that have been
                deleted - i.e., removed with rm(1) or unlink(2).

                The cached path is followed by the string `` (deleted)'' to indicate that the path by which the  file
                was opened has been deleted.

                Because  intervening  changes  made  to  the  path  - i.e., renames with mv(1) or rename(2) - are not
                recorded in the cached path, what lsof reports is only the path by which the file was opened, not its
                possibly different final path.

       -z [z]   specifies how Solaris 10 and higher zone information is to be handled.

                Without  a following argument - e.g., NO z - the option specifies that zone names are to be listed in
                the ZONE output column.

                The -z option may be followed by a zone name, z.  That causes lsof to list only open files  for  pro‐
                cesses  in  that  zone.   Multiple  -z z option and argument pairs may be specified to form a list of
                named zones.  Any open file of any process in any of the zones will be listed, subject to other  con‐
                ditions specified by other options and arguments.

       -Z [Z]   specifies how SELinux security contexts are to be handled.  It and 'Z' field output character support
                are inhibited when SELinux is disabled in the running Linux kernel.  See OUTPUT  FOR  OTHER  PROGRAMS
                for more information on the 'Z' field output character.

                Without  a  following  argument  - e.g., NO Z - the option specifies that security contexts are to be
                listed in the SECURITY-CONTEXT output column.

                The -Z option may be followed by a wildcard security context name, Z.  That causes lsof to list  only
                open  files  for  processes in that security context.  Multiple -Z Z option and argument pairs may be
                specified to form a list of security contexts.  Any open file of any process in any of  the  security
                contexts  will be listed, subject to other conditions specified by other options and arguments.  Note
                that Z can be A:B:C or *:B:C or A:B:* or *:*:C to match against the A:B:C context.

       --       The double minus sign option is a marker that signals the end of the keyed options.  It may be  used,
                for example, when the first file name begins with a minus sign.  It may also be used when the absence
                of a value for the last keyed option must be signified by the presence of a minus sign in the follow‐
                ing option and before the start of the file names.

       names    These  are  path names of specific files to list.  Symbolic links are resolved before use.  The first
                name may be separated from the preceding options with the ``--'' option.

                If a name is the mounted-on directory of a file system or the device of the file  system,  lsof  will
                list  all  the  files open on the file system.  To be considered a file system, the name must match a
                mounted-on directory name in mount(8) output, or match the name of a block device associated  with  a
                mounted-on  directory name.  The +|-f option may be used to force lsof to consider a name a file sys‐
                tem identifier (+f) or a simple file (-f).

                If name is a path to a directory that is not the mounted-on directory name of a file  system,  it  is
                treated just as a regular file is treated - i.e., its listing is restricted to processes that have it
                open as a file or as a process-specific directory, such as the root or current working directory.  To
                request that lsof look for open files inside a directory name, use the +d s and +D D options.

                If  a  name  is  the base name of a family of multiplexed files - e. g, AIX's /dev/pt[cs] - lsof will
                list all the associated multiplexed files  on  the  device  that  are  open  -  e.g.,  /dev/pt[cs]/1,
                /dev/pt[cs]/2, etc.

                If a name is a UNIX domain socket name, lsof will usually search for it by the characters of the name
                alone - exactly as it is specified and is recorded in the kernel socket  structure.   (See  the  next
                paragraph  for  an exception to that rule for Linux.)  Specifying a relative path - e.g., ./file - in
                place of the file's absolute path - e.g., /tmp/file - won't work because lsof must match the  charac‐
                ters you specify with what it finds in the kernel UNIX domain socket structures.

                If a name is a Linux UNIX domain socket name, in one case lsof is able to search for it by its device
                and inode number, allowing name to be a relative path.  The case requires that the absolute  path  --
                i.e.,  one  beginning with a slash ('/') be used by the process that created the socket, and hence be
                stored in the /proc/net/unix file; and it requires that lsof be able to obtain the  device  and  node
                numbers  of  both  the  absolute path in /proc/net/unix and name via successful stat(2) system calls.
                When those conditions are met, lsof will be able to search for the UNIX domain socket when some  path
                to  it  is  is  specified in name.  Thus, for example, if the path is /dev/log, and an lsof search is
                initiated when the working directory is /dev, then name could be ./log.

                If a name is none of the above, lsof will list any open files whose device and inode  match  that  of
                the specified path name.

                If  you have also specified the -b option, the only names you may safely specify are file systems for
                which your mount table supplies alternate device numbers.  See the AVOIDING KERNEL BLOCKS and  ALTER‐
                NATE DEVICE NUMBERS sections for more information.

                Multiple file names are joined in a single ORed set before participating in AND option selection.

AFS
       Lsof supports the recognition of AFS files for these dialects (and AFS versions):

            AIX 4.1.4 (AFS 3.4a)
            HP-UX 9.0.5 (AFS 3.4a)
            Linux 1.2.13 (AFS 3.3)
            Solaris 2.[56] (AFS 3.4a)

       It  may  recognize AFS files on other versions of these dialects, but has not been tested there.  Depending on
       how AFS is implemented, lsof may recognize AFS files in other dialects, or may have  difficulties  recognizing
       AFS files in the supported dialects.

       Lsof  may  have  trouble identifying all aspects of AFS files in supported dialects when AFS kernel support is
       implemented via dynamic modules whose addresses do not appear in the kernel's variable  name  list.   In  that
       case,  lsof may have to guess at the identity of AFS files, and might not be able to obtain volume information
       from the kernel that is needed for calculating AFS volume node numbers.  When lsof can't compute  volume  node
       numbers, it reports blank in the NODE column.

       The  -A  A option is available in some dialect implementations of lsof for specifying the name list file where
       dynamic module kernel addresses may be found.  When this option is available, it will be listed  in  the  lsof
       help output, presented in response to the -h or -?

       See the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)  for more information about dynamic modules, their sym‐
       bols, and how they affect lsof options.

       Because AFS path lookups don't seem to participate in the kernel's name cache operations, lsof can't  identify
       path name components for AFS files.

SECURITY
       Lsof  has  three features that may cause security concerns.  First, its default compilation mode allows anyone
       to list all open files with it.  Second, by default it creates a user-readable and user-writable device  cache
       file  in the home directory of the real user ID that executes lsof.  (The list-all-open-files and device cache
       features may be disabled when lsof is compiled.)  Third, its -k and -m options name alternate kernel name list
       or memory files.

       Restricting  the listing of all open files is controlled by the compile-time HASSECURITY and HASNOSOCKSECURITY
       options.  When HASSECURITY is defined, lsof will allow only the  root  user  to  list  all  open  files.   The
       non-root  user may list only open files of processes with the same user IDentification number as the real user
       ID number of the lsof process (the one that its user logged on with).

       However, if HASSECURITY and HASNOSOCKSECURITY are both defined, anyone may list open  socket  files,  provided
       they are selected with the -i option.

       When HASSECURITY is not defined, anyone may list all open files.

       Help output, presented in response to the -h or -?  option, gives the status of the HASSECURITY and HASNOSOCK‐
       SECURITY definitions.

       See the Security section of the 00README file of the lsof distribution for information on building  lsof  with
       the HASSECURITY and HASNOSOCKSECURITY options enabled.

       Creation and use of a user-readable and user-writable device cache file is controlled by the compile-time HAS‐
       DCACHE option.  See the DEVICE CACHE FILE section and the sections that follow it for details on how its  path
       is  formed.  For security considerations it is important to note that in the default lsof distribution, if the
       real user ID under which lsof is executed is root, the device cache file will be written in root's home direc‐
       tory - e.g., / or /root.  When HASDCACHE is not defined, lsof does not write or attempt to read a device cache
       file.

       When HASDCACHE is defined, the lsof help output, presented in response to the -h, -D?, or  -?   options,  will
       provide device cache file handling information.  When HASDCACHE is not defined, the -h or -?  output will have
       no -D option description.

       Before you decide to disable the device cache file feature - enabling it improves the performance of  lsof  by
       reducing  the startup overhead of examining all the nodes in /dev (or /devices) - read the discussion of it in
       the 00DCACHE file of the lsof distribution and the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)

       WHEN IN DOUBT, YOU CAN TEMPORARILY DISABLE THE USE OF THE DEVICE CACHE FILE WITH THE -Di OPTION.

       When lsof user declares alternate kernel name list or memory files with the -k and -m options, lsof checks the
       user's authority to read them with access(2).  This is intended to prevent whatever special power lsof's modes
       might confer on it from letting it read files not normally accessible via the authority of the real user ID.

OUTPUT
       This section describes the information lsof lists for each open file.  See the OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS  sec‐
       tion for additional information on output that can be processed by another program.

       Lsof  only  outputs  printable  (declared  so  by  isprint(3)) 8 bit characters.  Non-printable characters are
       printed in one of three forms: the C ``\[bfrnt]'' form; the control character  `^'  form  (e.g.,  ``^@'');  or
       hexadecimal leading ``\x'' form (e.g., ``\xab'').  Space is non-printable in the COMMAND column (``\x20'') and
       printable elsewhere.

       For some dialects - if HASSETLOCALE is defined in the dialect's machine.h header file - lsof  will  print  the
       extended  8 bit characters of a language locale.  The lsof process must be supplied a language locale environ‐
       ment variable (e.g., LANG) whose value represents a known language locale in which the extended characters are
       considered printable by isprint(3).  Otherwise lsof considers the extended characters non-printable and prints
       them according to its rules for non-printable characters, stated above.  Consult your  dialect's  setlocale(3)
       man  page  for  the  names  of  other  environment variables that may be used in place of LANG - e.g., LC_ALL,
       LC_CTYPE, etc.

       Lsof's language locale support for a dialect also covers wide characters - e.g., UTF-8 - when HASSETLOCALE and
       HASWIDECHAR  are  defined in the dialect's machine.h header file, and when a suitable language locale has been
       defined in the appropriate environment variable for the lsof process.  Wide  characters  are  printable  under
       those  conditions  if  iswprint(3)  reports  them to be.  If HASSETLOCALE, HASWIDECHAR and a suitable language
       locale aren't defined, or if iswprint(3) reports wide characters that aren't  printable,  lsof  considers  the
       wide characters non-printable and prints each of their 8 bits according to its rules for non-printable charac‐
       ters, stated above.

       Consult the answers to the "Language locale support" questions in the lsof FAQ  (The  FAQ  section  gives  its
       location.) for more information.

       Lsof  dynamically sizes the output columns each time it runs, guaranteeing that each column is a minimum size.
       It also guarantees that each column is separated from its predecessor by at least one space.

       COMMAND    contains the first nine characters of the name of the UNIX command associated with the process.  If
                  a  non-zero  w value is specified to the +c w option, the column contains the first w characters of
                  the name of the UNIX command associated with the process up to the limit of characters supplied  to
                  lsof by the UNIX dialect.  (See the description of the +c w command or the lsof FAQ for more infor‐
                  mation.  The FAQ section gives its location.)

                  If w is less than the length of the column title, ``COMMAND'', it will be raised to that length.

                  If a zero w value is specified to the +c w option, the column contains all the  characters  of  the
                  name of the UNIX command associated with the process.

                  All  command name characters maintained by the kernel in its structures are displayed in field out‐
                  put when the command name descriptor (`c') is specified.  See the OUTPUT FOR OTHER COMMANDS section
                  for information on selecting field output and the associated command name descriptor.

       PID        is the Process IDentification number of the process.

       TID        is  the  task  IDentification number, if a task reporting is supported by the dialect and a task is
                  being listed.  (If help output - i.e., the output of the -h or -?  options  -  shows  this  option,
                  then task reporting is supported by the dialect.)

                  A blank TID column indicates a process - i.e., a non-task.

       ZONE       is the Solaris 10 and higher zone name.  This column must be selected with the -z option.

       SECURITY-CONTEXT
                  is  the  SELinux security context.  This column must be selected with the -Z option.  Note that the
                  -Z option is inhibited when SELinux is disabled in the running Linux kernel.

       PPID       is the Parent Process IDentification number of the process.  It  is  only  displayed  when  the  -R
                  option has been specified.

       PGID       is  the process group IDentification number associated with the process.  It is only displayed when
                  the -g option has been specified.

       USER       is the user ID number or login name of the user to whom the process belongs, usually  the  same  as
                  reported  by  ps(1).  However, on Linux USER is the user ID number or login that owns the directory
                  in /proc where lsof finds information about the process.  Usually that is the same  value  reported
                  by  ps(1),  but  may differ when the process has changed its effective user ID.  (See the -l option
                  description for information on when a user ID number or login name is displayed.)

       FD         is the File Descriptor number of the file or:

                       cwd  current working directory;
                       Lnn  library references (AIX);
                       err  FD information error (see NAME column);
                       jld  jail directory (FreeBSD);
                       ltx  shared library text (code and data);
                       Mxx  hex memory-mapped type number xx.
                       m86  DOS Merge mapped file;
                       mem  memory-mapped file;
                       mmap memory-mapped device;
                       pd   parent directory;
                       rtd  root directory;
                       tr   kernel trace file (OpenBSD);
                       txt  program text (code and data);
                       v86  VP/ix mapped file;

                  FD is followed by one of these characters, describing the mode under which the file is open:

                       r for read access;
                       w for write access;
                       u for read and write access;
                       space if mode unknown and no lock
                            character follows;
                       `-' if mode unknown and lock
                            character follows.

                  The mode character is followed by one of these lock characters, describing the type of lock applied
                  to the file:

                       N for a Solaris NFS lock of unknown type;
                       r for read lock on part of the file;
                       R for a read lock on the entire file;
                       w for a write lock on part of the file;
                       W for a write lock on the entire file;
                       u for a read and write lock of any length;
                       U for a lock of unknown type;
                       x for an SCO OpenServer Xenix lock on part      of the file;
                       X for an SCO OpenServer Xenix lock on the      entire file;
                       space if there is no lock.

                  See the LOCKS section for more information on the lock information character.

                  The FD column contents constitutes a single field for parsing in post-processing scripts.

       TYPE       is the type of the node associated with the file - e.g., GDIR, GREG, VDIR, VREG, etc.

                  or ``IPv4'' for an IPv4 socket;

                  or ``IPv6'' for an open IPv6 network file - even if its address is IPv4, mapped in an IPv6 address;

                  or ``ax25'' for a Linux AX.25 socket;

                  or ``inet'' for an Internet domain socket;

                  or ``lla'' for a HP-UX link level access file;

                  or ``rte'' for an AF_ROUTE socket;

                  or ``sock'' for a socket of unknown domain;

                  or ``unix'' for a UNIX domain socket;

                  or ``x.25'' for an HP-UX x.25 socket;

                  or ``BLK'' for a block special file;

                  or ``CHR'' for a character special file;

                  or ``DEL'' for a Linux map file that has been deleted;

                  or ``DIR'' for a directory;

                  or ``DOOR'' for a VDOOR file;

                  or ``FIFO'' for a FIFO special file;

                  or ``KQUEUE'' for a BSD style kernel event queue file;

                  or ``LINK'' for a symbolic link file;

                  or ``MPB'' for a multiplexed block file;

                  or ``MPC'' for a multiplexed character file;

                  or ``NOFD'' for a Linux /proc/<pid>/fd directory that can't be opened -- the directory path appears
                  in the NAME column, followed by an error message;

                  or ``PAS'' for a /proc/as file;

                  or ``PAXV'' for a /proc/auxv file;

                  or ``PCRE'' for a /proc/cred file;

                  or ``PCTL'' for a /proc control file;

                  or ``PCUR'' for the current /proc process;

                  or ``PCWD'' for a /proc current working directory;

                  or ``PDIR'' for a /proc directory;

                  or ``PETY'' for a /proc executable type (etype);

                  or ``PFD'' for a /proc file descriptor;

                  or ``PFDR'' for a /proc file descriptor directory;

                  or ``PFIL'' for an executable /proc file;

                  or ``PFPR'' for a /proc FP register set;

                  or ``PGD'' for a /proc/pagedata file;

                  or ``PGID'' for a /proc group notifier file;

                  or ``PIPE'' for pipes;

                  or ``PLC'' for a /proc/lwpctl file;

                  or ``PLDR'' for a /proc/lpw directory;

                  or ``PLDT'' for a /proc/ldt file;

                  or ``PLPI'' for a /proc/lpsinfo file;

                  or ``PLST'' for a /proc/lstatus file;

                  or ``PLU'' for a /proc/lusage file;

                  or ``PLWG'' for a /proc/gwindows file;

                  or ``PLWI'' for a /proc/lwpsinfo file;

                  or ``PLWS'' for a /proc/lwpstatus file;

                  or ``PLWU'' for a /proc/lwpusage file;

                  or ``PLWX'' for a /proc/xregs file'

                  or ``PMAP'' for a /proc map file (map);

                  or ``PMEM'' for a /proc memory image file;

                  or ``PNTF'' for a /proc process notifier file;

                  or ``POBJ'' for a /proc/object file;

                  or ``PODR'' for a /proc/object directory;

                  or ``POLP'' for an old format /proc light weight process file;

                  or ``POPF'' for an old format /proc PID file;

                  or ``POPG'' for an old format /proc page data file;

                  or ``PORT'' for a SYSV named pipe;

                  or ``PREG'' for a /proc register file;

                  or ``PRMP'' for a /proc/rmap file;

                  or ``PRTD'' for a /proc root directory;

                  or ``PSGA'' for a /proc/sigact file;

                  or ``PSIN'' for a /proc/psinfo file;

                  or ``PSTA'' for a /proc status file;

                  or ``PSXSEM'' for a POSIX semaphore file;

                  or ``PSXSHM'' for a POSIX shared memory file;

                  or ``PUSG'' for a /proc/usage file;

                  or ``PW'' for a /proc/watch file;

                  or ``PXMP'' for a /proc/xmap file;

                  or ``REG'' for a regular file;

                  or ``SMT'' for a shared memory transport file;

                  or ``STSO'' for a stream socket;

                  or ``UNNM'' for an unnamed type file;

                  or ``XNAM'' for an OpenServer Xenix special file of unknown type;

                  or ``XSEM'' for an OpenServer Xenix semaphore file;

                  or ``XSD'' for an OpenServer Xenix shared data file;

                  or the four type number octets if the corresponding name isn't known.

       FILE-ADDR  contains the kernel file structure address when f has been specified to +f;

       FCT        contains the file reference count from the kernel file structure when c has been specified to +f;

       FILE-FLAG  when g or G has been specified to +f, this field contains the contents of the f_flag[s]  member  of
                  the  kernel  file structure and the kernel's per-process open file flags (if available); `G' causes
                  them to be displayed in hexadecimal; `g', as short-hand names; two  lists  may  be  displayed  with
                  entries  separated  by commas, the lists separated by a semicolon (`;'); the first list may contain
                  short-hand names for f_flag[s] values from the following table:

                       AIO       asynchronous I/O (e.g., FAIO)
                       AP        append
                       ASYN      asynchronous I/O (e.g., FASYNC)
                       BAS       block, test, and set in use
                       BKIU      block if in use
                       BL        use block offsets
                       BSK       block seek
                       CA        copy avoid
                       CIO       concurrent I/O
                       CLON      clone
                       CLRD      CL read
                       CR        create
                       DF        defer
                       DFI       defer IND
                       DFLU      data flush
                       DIR       direct
                       DLY       delay
                       DOCL      do clone
                       DSYN      data-only integrity
                       DTY       must be a directory
                       EVO       event only
                       EX        open for exec
                       EXCL      exclusive open
                       FSYN      synchronous writes
                       GCDF      defer during unp_gc() (AIX)
                       GCMK      mark during unp_gc() (AIX)
                       GTTY      accessed via /dev/tty
                       HUP       HUP in progress
                       KERN      kernel
                       KIOC      kernel-issued ioctl
                       LCK       has lock
                       LG        large file
                       MBLK      stream message block
                       MK        mark
                       MNT       mount
                       MSYN      multiplex synchronization
                       NATM      don't update atime
                       NB        non-blocking I/O
                       NBDR      no BDRM check
                       NBIO      SYSV non-blocking I/O
                       NBF       n-buffering in effect
                       NC        no cache
                       ND        no delay
                       NDSY      no data synchronization
                       NET       network
                       NFLK      don't follow links
                       NMFS      NM file system
                       NOTO      disable background stop
                       NSH       no share
                       NTTY      no controlling TTY
                       OLRM      OLR mirror
                       PAIO      POSIX asynchronous I/O
                       PP        POSIX pipe
                       R         read
                       RC        file and record locking cache
                       REV       revoked
                       RSH       shared read
                       RSYN      read synchronization
                       RW        read and write access
                       SL        shared lock
                       SNAP      cooked snapshot
                       SOCK      socket
                       SQSH      Sequent shared set on open
                       SQSV      Sequent SVM set on open
                       SQR       Sequent set repair on open
                       SQS1      Sequent full shared open
                       SQS2      Sequent partial shared open
                       STPI      stop I/O
                       SWR       synchronous read
                       SYN       file integrity while writing
                       TCPM      avoid TCP collision
                       TR        truncate
                       W         write
                       WKUP      parallel I/O synchronization
                       WTG       parallel I/O synchronization
                       VH        vhangup pending
                       VTXT      virtual text
                       XL        exclusive lock

                  this list of names was derived from F* #define's in dialect header files <fcntl .h>,  <linux </fs.h>,
                  <sys /fcntl.c>,  </sys><sys /fcntlcom.h>,  and  </sys><sys /file.h>; see the lsof.h header file for a list showing
                  the correspondence between the above short-hand names and the header file definitions;

                  the second list (after the semicolon) may contain short-hand names for kernel per-process open file
                  flags from this table:

                       ALLC      allocated
                       BR        the file has been read
                       BHUP      activity stopped by SIGHUP
                       BW        the file has been written
                       CLSG      closing
                       CX        close-on-exec (see fcntl(F_SETFD))
                       LCK       lock was applied
                       MP        memory-mapped
                       OPIP      open pending - in progress
                       RSVW      reserved wait
                       SHMT      UF_FSHMAT set (AIX)
                       USE       in use (multi-threaded)

       NODE-ID    (or  INODE-ADDR for some dialects) contains a unique identifier for the file node (usually the ker‐
                  nel vnode or inode address, but also occasionally a concatenation of device and node number) when n
                  has been specified to +f;

       DEVICE     contains  the device numbers, separated by commas, for a character special, block special, regular,
                  directory or NFS file;

                  or ``memory'' for a memory file system node under Tru64 UNIX;

                  or the address of the private data area of a Solaris socket stream;

                  or a kernel reference address that identifies the file (The kernel reference address  may  be  used
                  for FIFO's, for example.);

                  Usually only the lower thirty two bits of Tru64 UNIX kernel addresses are displayed.

       SIZE, SIZE/OFF, or OFFSET
                  is  the  size of the file or the file offset in bytes.  A value is displayed in this column only if
                  it is available.  Lsof displays whatever value - size or offset - is appropriate for  the  type  of
                  the file and the version of lsof.

                  On  some  UNIX  dialects  lsof can't obtain accurate or consistent file offset information from its
                  kernel data sources, sometimes just for particular kinds of files (e.g., socket files.)   In  other
                  cases, files don't have true sizes - e.g., sockets, FIFOs, pipes - so lsof displays for their sizes
                  the content amounts it finds in their kernel buffer descriptors (e.g., socket buffer size counts or
                  TCP/IP  window sizes.)  Consult the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)  for more infor‐
                  mation.

                  The file size is displayed in decimal; the offset is normally displayed in decimal with  a  leading
                  ``0t'' if it contains 8 digits or less; in hexadecimal with a leading ``0x'' if it is longer than 8
                  digits.  (Consult the -o o option description for information on when 8 might default to some other
                  value.)

                  Thus  the  leading ``0t'' and ``0x'' identify an offset when the column may contain both a size and
                  an offset (i.e., its title is SIZE/OFF).

                  If the -o option is specified, lsof always displays the file offset (or nothing  if  no  offset  is
                  available)  and  labels  the  column  OFFSET.   The  offset  always begins with ``0t'' or ``0x'' as
                  described above.

                  The lsof user can control the switch from ``0t'' to ``0x'' with  the  -o  o  option.   Consult  its
                  description for more information.

                  If  the -s option is specified, lsof always displays the file size (or nothing if no size is avail‐
                  able) and labels the column SIZE.  The -o and -s options are mutually exclusive; they can't both be
                  specified.

                  For  files  that  don't have a fixed size - e.g., don't reside on a disk device - lsof will display
                  appropriate information about the current size or position of the file if it is  available  in  the
                  kernel structures that define the file.

       NLINK      contains the file link count when +L has been specified;

       NODE       is the node number of a local file;

                  or the inode number of an NFS file in the server host;

                  or the Internet protocol type - e. g, ``TCP'';

                  or ``STR'' for a stream;

                  or ``CCITT'' for an HP-UX x.25 socket;

                  or the IRQ or inode number of a Linux AX.25 socket device.

       NAME       is the name of the mount point and file system on which the file resides;

                  or the name of a file specified in the names option (after any symbolic links have been resolved);

                  or the name of a character special or block special device;

                  or  the  local and remote Internet addresses of a network file; the local host name or IP number is
                  followed by a colon (':'), the port, ``->'', and the two-part remote address; IP addresses  may  be
                  reported  as numbers or names, depending on the +|-M, -n, and -P options; colon-separated IPv6 num‐
                  bers are enclosed in square brackets; IPv4 INADDR_ANY and IPv6  IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED  addresses,
                  and  zero  port numbers are represented by an asterisk ('*'); a UDP destination address may be fol‐
                  lowed by the amount of time elapsed since the last packet was sent to the destination; TCP, UDP and
                  UDPLITE  remote  addresses  may  be  followed  by TCP/TPI information in parentheses - state (e.g.,
                  ``(ESTABLISHED)'', ``(Unbound)''), queue sizes, and window sizes (not all dialects) - in a  fashion
                  similar to what netstat(1) reports; see the -T option description or the description of the TCP/TPI
                  field in OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS for more information on state, queue size, and window size;

                  or the address or name of a UNIX domain socket, possibly including a stream clone  device  name,  a
                  file  system object's path name, local and foreign kernel addresses, socket pair information, and a
                  bound vnode address;

                  or the local and remote mount point names of an NFS file;

                  or ``STR'', followed by the stream name;

                  or a stream character device name, followed by ``->'' and the stream name or a list of stream  mod‐
                  ule names, separated by ``->'';

                  or ``STR:'' followed by the SCO OpenServer stream device and module names, separated by ``->'';

                  or system directory name, `` -- '', and as many components of the path name as lsof can find in the
                  kernel's name cache for selected dialects (See the KERNEL NAME  CACHE  section  for  more  informa‐
                  tion.);

                  or ``PIPE->'', followed by a Solaris kernel pipe destination address;

                  or  ``COMMON:'',  followed  by  the vnode device information structure's device name, for a Solaris
                  common vnode;

                  or the address family, followed by a slash (`/'), followed by fourteen comma-separated bytes  of  a
                  non-Internet raw socket address;

                  or  the  HP-UX  x.25 local address, followed by the virtual connection number (if any), followed by
                  the remote address (if any);

                  or ``(dead)'' for disassociated Tru64 UNIX files - typically terminal files that have been  flagged
                  with the TIOCNOTTY ioctl and closed by daemons;

                  or ``rd=<offset>'' and ``wr=</offset><offset>'' for the values of the read and write offsets of a FIFO;

                  or  ``clone  n:/dev/event'' for SCO OpenServer file clones of the /dev/event device, where n is the
                  minor device number of the file;

                  or ``(socketpair: n)'' for a Solaris 2.6, 8, 9  or 10 UNIX domain socket, created  by  the  socket‐
                  pair(3N) network function;

                  or  ``no  PCB'' for socket files that do not have a protocol block associated with them, optionally
                  followed by ``, CANTSENDMORE'' if sending on the socket has been disabled, or ``, CANTRCVMORE''  if
                  receiving on the socket has been disabled (e.g., by the shutdown(2) function);

                  or  the  local  and  remote addresses of a Linux IPX socket file in the form <net>:[<node>:]<port>,
                  followed in parentheses by the transmit and receive queue sizes, and the connection state;

                  or ``dgram'' or ``stream'' for the type UnixWare 7.1.1 and above  in-kernel  UNIX  domain  sockets,
                  followed by a colon (':') and the local path name when available, followed by ``->'' and the remote
                  path name or kernel socket address in hexadecimal when available;

                  or the association value, association index, endpoint value,  local  address,  local  port,  remote
                  address and remote port for Linux SCTP sockets.

       For  dialects  that  support  a  ``namefs'' file system, allowing one file to be attached to another with fat‐
       tach(3C),  lsof  will  add  ``(FA:<address1><direction><address2>)''  to  the  NAME  column.   <address1>  and
       <address2>  are  hexadecimal vnode addresses.  <direction> will be ``< -'' if <address2> has been fattach'ed to
       this vnode whose address is <address1>; and ``->'' if </address1><address1>, the vnode address of this  vnode,  has  been
       fattach'ed to <address2>.  <address1> may be omitted if it already appears in the DEVICE column.

       Lsof  may  add two parenthetical notes to the NAME column for open Solaris 10 files: ``(?)'' if lsof considers
       the path name of questionable accuracy; and ``(deleted)'' if the -X option has been specified and lsof detects
       the  open  file's path name has been deleted.  Consult the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)  for
       more information on these NAME column additions.

LOCKS
       Lsof can't adequately report the wide variety of UNIX dialect file locks  in  a  single  character.   What  it
       reports  in  a single character is a compromise between the information it finds in the kernel and the limita‐
       tions of the reporting format.

       Moreover, when a process holds several byte level locks on a file, lsof only reports the status of  the  first
       lock  it  encounters.   If  it  is a byte level lock, then the lock character will be reported in lower case -
       i.e., `r', `w', or `x' - rather than the upper case equivalent reported for a full file lock.

       Generally lsof can only report on locks held by local processes on local files.  When a local process  sets  a
       lock  on  a  remotely  mounted  (e.g.,  NFS) file, the remote server host usually records the lock state.  One
       exception is Solaris - at some patch levels of 2.3, and in all versions above 2.4, the Solaris kernel  records
       information on remote locks in local structures.

       Lsof  has trouble reporting locks for some UNIX dialects.  Consult the BUGS section of this manual page or the
       lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)  for more information.

OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS
       When the -F option is specified, lsof produces output that is suitable for processing  by  another  program  -
       e.g, an awk or Perl script, or a C program.

       Each  unit of information is output in a field that is identified with a leading character and terminated by a
       NL (012) (or a NUL (000) if the 0 (zero) field identifier character is specified.)  The data of the field fol‐
       lows immediately after the field identification character and extends to the field terminator.

       It  is  possible  to  think of field output as process and file sets.  A process set begins with a field whose
       identifier is `p' (for process IDentifier (PID)).  It extends to the beginning of the next PID  field  or  the
       beginning of the first file set of the process, whichever comes first.  Included in the process set are fields
       that identify the command, the process group IDentification (PGID) number, the task number  and  the  user  ID
       (UID) number or login name.

       A  file  set  begins with a field whose identifier is `f' (for file descriptor).  It is followed by lines that
       describe the file's access mode, lock state, type, device, size, offset, inode, protocol, name and stream mod‐
       ule names.  It extends to the beginning of the next file or process set, whichever comes first.

       When  the NUL (000) field terminator has been selected with the 0 (zero) field identifier character, lsof ends
       each process and file set with a NL (012) character.

       Lsof always produces one field, the PID (`p') field.  All other fields may be declared optionally in the field
       identifier  character  list  that  follows the -F option.  When a field selection character identifies an item
       lsof does not normally list - e.g., PPID, selected with -R - specification of  the  field  character  -  e.g.,
       ``-FR'' - also selects the listing of the item.

       It is entirely possible to select a set of fields that cannot easily be parsed - e.g., if the field descriptor
       field is not selected, it may be difficult to identify file sets.  To help you  avoid  this  difficulty,  lsof
       supports  the  -F option; it selects the output of all fields with NL terminators (the -F0 option pair selects
       the output of all fields with NUL terminators).  For compatibility reasons neither -F nor -F0 select  the  raw
       device field.

       These are the fields that lsof will produce.  The single character listed first is the field identifier.

            a    file access mode
            c    process command name (all characters from proc or
                 user structure)
            C    file structure share count
            d    file's device character code
            D    file's major/minor device number (0x<hexadecimal>)
            f    file descriptor
            F    file structure address (0x</hexadecimal><hexadecimal>)
            G    file flaGs (0x</hexadecimal><hexadecimal>; names if +fg follows)
            g    process group ID
            i    file's inode number
            K    tasK ID
            k    link count
            l    file's lock status
            L    process login name
            m    marker between repeated output
            n    file name, comment, Internet address
            N    node identifier (ox</hexadecimal><hexadecimal>
            o    file's offset (decimal)
            p    process ID (always selected)
            P    protocol name
            r    raw device number (0x</hexadecimal><hexadecimal>)
            R    parent process ID
            s    file's size (decimal)
            S    file's stream identification
            t    file's type
            T    TCP/TPI information, identified by prefixes (the
                 `=' is part of the prefix):
                     QR=<read queue size>
                     QS=<send queue size>
                     SO=<socket options and values> (not all dialects)
                     SS=</socket><socket states> (not all dialects)
                     ST=<connection state>
                     TF=<tcp flags and values> (not all dialects)
                     WR=<window read size>  (not all dialects)
                     WW=</window><window write size>  (not all dialects)
                 (TCP/TPI information isn't reported for all supported
                   UNIX dialects. The -h or -? help output for the
                   -T option will show what TCP/TPI reporting can be
                   requested.)
            u    process user ID
            z    Solaris 10 and higher zone name
            Z    SELinux security context (inhibited when SELinux is disabled)
            0    use NUL field terminator character in place of NL
            1-9  dialect-specific field identifiers (The output
                 of -F? identifies the information to be found
                 in dialect-specific fields.)

       You  can get on-line help information on these characters and their descriptions by specifying the -F?  option
       pair.  (Escape the `?' character as your shell requires.)  Additional information  on  field  content  can  be
       found in the OUTPUT section.

       As  an  example,  ``-F  pcfn'' will select the process ID (`p'), command name (`c'), file descriptor (`f') and
       file name (`n') fields with an NL field terminator character; ``-F pcfn0'' selects the same output with a  NUL
       (000) field terminator character.

       Lsof doesn't produce all fields for every process or file set, only those that are available.  Some fields are
       mutually exclusive: file device characters and file major/minor device numbers; file inode number and protocol
       name;  file  name  and stream identification; file size and offset.  One or the other member of these mutually
       exclusive sets will appear in field output, but not both.

       Normally lsof ends each field with a NL (012) character.  The 0 (zero) field identifier character may be spec‐
       ified to change the field terminator character to a NUL (000).  A NUL terminator may be easier to process with
       xargs (1), for example, or with programs whose quoting mechanisms may not easily cope with the range of  char‐
       acters in the field output.  When the NUL field terminator is in use, lsof ends each process and file set with
       a NL (012).

       Three aids to producing programs that can process lsof field output are included  in  the  lsof  distribution.
       The  first  is  a C header file, lsof_fields.h, that contains symbols for the field identification characters,
       indexes for storing them in a table, and explanation strings that may be compiled into  programs.   Lsof  uses
       this header file.

       The  second  aid  is  a  set  of sample scripts that process field output, written in awk, Perl 4, and Perl 5.
       They're located in the scripts subdirectory of the lsof distribution.

       The third aid is the C library used for the lsof test suite.  The test suite is written in C  and  uses  field
       output  to  validate the correct operation of lsof.  The library can be found in the tests/LTlib.c file of the
       lsof distribution.  The library uses the first aid, the lsof_fields.h header file.

BLOCKS AND TIMEOUTS
       Lsof can be blocked by some kernel functions that it uses - lstat(2), readlink(2), and stat(2).   These  func‐
       tions  are  stalled  in  the  kernel, for example, when the hosts where mounted NFS file systems reside become
       inaccessible.

       Lsof attempts to break these blocks with timers and child processes, but the techniques are not  wholly  reli‐
       able.   When  lsof does manage to break a block, it will report the break with an error message.  The messages
       may be suppressed with the -t and -w options.

       The default timeout value may be displayed with the -h or -?  option, and it may be changed with  the  -S  [t]
       option.  The minimum for t is two seconds, but you should avoid small values, since slow system responsiveness
       can cause short timeouts to expire unexpectedly and perhaps stop lsof before it can produce any output.

       When lsof has to break a block during its access of mounted file system information,  it  normally  continues,
       although with less information available to display about open files.

       Lsof  can  also  be directed to avoid the protection of timers and child processes when using the kernel func‐
       tions that might block by specifying the -O option.  While this will allow lsof to start up  with  less  over‐
       head, it exposes lsof completely to the kernel situations that might block it.  Use this option cautiously.

AVOIDING KERNEL BLOCKS
       You can use the -b option to tell lsof to avoid using kernel functions that would block.  Some cautions apply.

       First,  using  this  option  usually requires that your system supply alternate device numbers in place of the
       device numbers that lsof would normally obtain with the lstat(2) and stat(2) kernel functions.  See the ALTER‐
       NATE DEVICE NUMBERS section for more information on alternate device numbers.

       Second,  you  can't  specify  names for lsof to locate unless they're file system names.  This is because lsof
       needs to know the device and inode numbers of files listed with names in the lsof options, and the  -b  option
       prevents  lsof  from  obtaining  them.  Moreover, since lsof only has device numbers for the file systems that
       have alternates, its ability to locate files on file systems depends completely on the availability and  accu‐
       racy of the alternates.  If no alternates are available, or if they're incorrect, lsof won't be able to locate
       files on the named file systems.

       Third, if the names of your file system directories that lsof obtains from your system's mount table are  sym‐
       bolic  links, lsof won't be able to resolve the links.  This is because the -b option causes lsof to avoid the
       kernel readlink(2) function it uses to resolve symbolic links.

       Finally, using the -b option causes lsof to issue warning messages when it needs to use the  kernel  functions
       that  the  -b option directs it to avoid.  You can suppress these messages by specifying the -w option, but if
       you do, you won't see the alternate device numbers reported in the warning messages.

ALTERNATE DEVICE NUMBERS
       On some dialects, when lsof has to break a block because it can't get information about a mounted file  system
       via the lstat(2) and stat(2) kernel functions, or because you specified the -b option, lsof can obtain some of
       the information it needs - the device number and possibly the file system type - from the system mount  table.
       When that is possible, lsof will report the device number it obtained.  (You can suppress the report by speci‐
       fying the -w option.)

       You can assist this process if your mount table is supported with an /etc/mtab or /etc/mnttab file  that  con‐
       tains  an  options field by adding a ``dev=xxxx'' field for mount points that do not have one in their options
       strings.  Note: you must be able to edit the file - i.e., some mount tables like recent Solaris /etc/mnttab or
       Linux /proc/mounts are read-only and can't be modified.

       You  may  also  be able to supply device numbers using the +m and +m m options, provided they are supported by
       your dialect.  Check the output of lsof's -h or -?  options to see if the +m and +m m options are available.

       The ``xxxx'' portion of the field is the hexadecimal value of the file system's device number.   (Consult  the
       st_dev field of the output of the lstat(2) and stat(2) functions for the appropriate values for your file sys‐
       tems.)  Here's an example from a Sun Solaris 2.6 /etc/mnttab for a file system remotely mounted via NFS:

            nfs  ignore,noquota,dev=2a40001

       There's an advantage to having ``dev=xxxx'' entries in your mount table file, especially for file systems that
       are  mounted from remote NFS servers.  When a remote server crashes and you want to identify its users by run‐
       ning lsof on one of its clients, lsof probably won't be able to get output from the lstat(2) and stat(2) func‐
       tions  for the file system.  If it can obtain the file system's device number from the mount table, it will be
       able to display the files open on the crashed NFS server.

       Some dialects that do not use an ASCII /etc/mtab or /etc/mnttab file for the mount table may still provide  an
       alternative  device  number in their internal mount tables.  This includes AIX, Apple Darwin, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
       OpenBSD, and Tru64 UNIX.  Lsof knows how to obtain the alternative device number for these dialects  and  uses
       it when its attempt to lstat(2) or stat(2) the file system is blocked.

       If  you're  not sure your dialect supplies alternate device numbers for file systems from its mount table, use
       this lsof incantation to see if it reports any alternate device numbers:

              lsof -b

       Look for standard error file warning messages that begin ``assuming "dev=xxxx" from ...''.

KERNEL NAME CACHE
       Lsof is able to examine the kernel's  name  cache  or  use  other  kernel  facilities  (e.g.,  the  ADVFS  4.x
       tag_to_path()  function  under  Tru64  UNIX)  on  some dialects for most file system types, excluding AFS, and
       extract recently used path name components from it.  (AFS file system path lookups don't use the kernel's name
       cache; some Solaris VxFS file system operations apparently don't use it, either.)

       Lsof  reports  the complete paths it finds in the NAME column.  If lsof can't report all components in a path,
       it reports in the NAME column the file system name, followed by a space, two `-'  characters,  another  space,
       and the name components it has located, separated by the `/' character.

       When  lsof is run in repeat mode - i.e., with the -r option specified - the extent to which it can report path
       name components for the same file may vary from cycle to cycle.  That's because other  running  processes  can
       cause the kernel to remove entries from its name cache and replace them with others.

       Lsof's  use of the kernel name cache to identify the paths of files can lead it to report incorrect components
       under some circumstances.  This can happen when the kernel name cache uses device and node  number  as  a  key
       (e.g.,  SCO  OpenServer)  and a key on a rapidly changing file system is reused.  If the UNIX dialect's kernel
       doesn't purge the name cache entry for a file when it is unlinked, lsof may find  a  reference  to  the  wrong
       entry  in  the cache.  The lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)  has more information on this situa‐
       tion.

       Lsof can report path name components for these dialects:

            FreeBSD
            HP-UX
            Linux
            NetBSD
            NEXTSTEP
            OpenBSD
            OPENSTEP
            SCO OpenServer
            SCO|Caldera UnixWare
            Solaris
            Tru64 UNIX

       Lsof can't report path name components for these dialects:

            AIX

       If you want to know why lsof can't report path name components for some dialects, see the lsof  FAQ  (The  FAQ
       section gives its location.)

DEVICE CACHE FILE
       Examining  all  members  of  the  /dev  (or  /devices) node tree with stat(2) functions can be time consuming.
       What's more, the information that lsof needs - device number, inode number, and path - rarely changes.

       Consequently, lsof normally maintains an ASCII text file of cached /dev (or /devices) information  (exception:
       the /proc-based Linux lsof where it's not needed.)  The local system administrator who builds lsof can control
       the way the device cache file path is formed, selecting from these options:

            Path from the -D option;
            Path from an environment variable;
            System-wide path;
            Personal path (the default);
            Personal path, modified by an environment variable.

       Consult the output of the -h, -D? , or -?  help options for the current state of device  cache  support.   The
       help output lists the default read-mode device cache file path that is in effect for the current invocation of
       lsof.  The -D?  option output lists the read-only and write device cache file paths, the names of any applica‐
       ble environment variables, and the personal device cache path format.

       Lsof  can detect that the current device cache file has been accidentally or maliciously modified by integrity
       checks, including the computation and verification of a sixteen bit Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) sum  on  the
       file's  contents.   When lsof senses something wrong with the file, it issues a warning and attempts to remove
       the current cache file and create a new copy, but only to a path that the process can legitimately write.

       The path from which a lsof process may attempt to read a device cache file may not be the same as the path  to
       which  it can legitimately write.  Thus when lsof senses that it needs to update the device cache file, it may
       choose a different path for writing it from the path from which it read an incorrect or outdated version.

       If available, the -Dr option will inhibit the writing of a new device cache file.  (It's always available when
       specified without a path name argument.)

       When a new device is added to the system, the device cache file may need to be recreated.  Since lsof compares
       the mtime of the device cache file with the mtime and ctime of the /dev (or /devices)  directory,  it  usually
       detects  that  a new device has been added; in that case lsof issues a warning message and attempts to rebuild
       the device cache file.

       Whenever lsof writes a device cache file, it sets its ownership to the real UID of the executing process,  and
       its permission modes to 0600, this restricting its reading and writing to the file's owner.

LSOF PERMISSIONS THAT AFFECT DEVICE CACHE FILE ACCESS
       Two  permissions  of the lsof executable affect its ability to access device cache files.  The permissions are
       set by the local system administrator when lsof is installed.

       The first and rarer permission is setuid-root.  It comes into effect when lsof is executed; its effective  UID
       is  then root, while its real (i.e., that of the logged-on user) UID is not.  The lsof distribution recommends
       that versions for these dialects run setuid-root.

            HP-UX 11.11 and 11.23
            Linux

       The second and more common permission is setgid.  It comes into effect when the effective group IDentification
       number  (GID)  of  the  lsof  process  is  set  to one that can access kernel memory devices - e.g., ``kmem'',
       ``sys'', or ``system''.

       An lsof process that has setgid permission usually surrenders the permission after it has accessed the  kernel
       memory  devices.   When it does that, lsof can allow more liberal device cache path formations.  The lsof dis‐
       tribution recommends that versions for these dialects run setgid and be allowed to  surrender  setgid  permis‐
       sion.

            AIX 5.[12] and 5.3-ML1
            Apple Darwin 7.x Power Macintosh systems
            FreeBSD 4.x, 4.1x, 5.x and [6789].x for x86-based systems
            FreeBSD 5.x and [6789].x for Alpha, AMD64 and Sparc64-based
                systems
            HP-UX 11.00
            NetBSD 1.[456], 2.x and 3.x for Alpha, x86, and SPARC-based
                systems
            NEXTSTEP 3.[13] for NEXTSTEP architectures
            OpenBSD 2.[89] and 3.[0-9] for x86-based systems
            OPENSTEP 4.x
            SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.6 for x86-based systems
            SCO|Caldera UnixWare 7.1.4 for x86-based systems
            Solaris 2.6, 8, 9 and 10
            Tru64 UNIX 5.1

       (Note: lsof for AIX 5L and above needs setuid-root permission if its -X option is used.)

       Lsof  for  these  dialects  does  not support a device cache, so the permissions given to the executable don't
       apply to the device cache file.

            Linux

DEVICE CACHE FILE PATH FROM THE -D OPTION
       The -D option provides limited means for specifying the device cache file path.  Its ?  function  will  report
       the read-only and write device cache file paths that lsof will use.

       When the -D b, r, and u functions are available, you can use them to request that the cache file be built in a
       specific location (b[path]); read but not rebuilt (r[path]); or read and rebuilt (u[path]).  The b, r,  and  u
       functions  are  restricted  under  some conditions.  They are restricted when the lsof process is setuid-root.
       The path specified with the r function is always read-only, even when it is available.

       The b, r, and u functions are also restricted when the lsof process runs setgid and lsof doesn't surrender the
       setgid  permission.   (See  the  LSOF  PERMISSIONS  THAT AFFECT DEVICE CACHE FILE ACCESS section for a list of
       implementations that normally don't surrender their setgid permission.)

       A further -D function, i (for ignore), is always available.

       When available, the b function tells lsof to read device information from the kernel with the stat(2) function
       and build a device cache file at the indicated path.

       When available, the r function tells lsof to read the device cache file, but not update it.  When a path argu‐
       ment accompanies -Dr, it names the device cache file path.  The r function is  always  available  when  it  is
       specified  without a path name argument.  If lsof is not running setuid-root and surrenders its setgid permis‐
       sion, a path name argument may accompany the r function.

       When available, the u function tells lsof to attempt to read and use the device cache file.  If it can't  read
       the  file,  or  if  it finds the contents of the file incorrect or outdated, it will read information from the
       kernel, and attempt to write an updated version of the device cache file, but only  to  a  path  it  considers
       legitimate for the lsof process effective and real UIDs.

DEVICE CACHE PATH FROM AN ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
       Lsof's  second  choice for the device cache file is the contents of the LSOFDEVCACHE environment variable.  It
       avoids this choice if the lsof process is setuid-root, or the real UID of the process is root.

       A further restriction applies to a device cache file path taken from the  LSOFDEVCACHE  environment  variable:
       lsof  will  not write a device cache file to the path if the lsof process doesn't surrender its setgid permis‐
       sion.  (See the LSOF PERMISSIONS THAT AFFECT DEVICE CACHE FILE ACCESS section for information  on  implementa‐
       tions that don't surrender their setgid permission.)

       The local system administrator can disable the use of the LSOFDEVCACHE environment variable or change its name
       when building lsof.  Consult the output of -D?  for the environment variable's name.

SYSTEM-WIDE DEVICE CACHE PATH
       The local system administrator may choose to have a system-wide device cache file when  building  lsof.   That
       file  will  generally be constructed by a special system administration procedure when the system is booted or
       when the contents of /dev or /devices) changes.  If defined, it is lsof's third device cache file path choice.

       You can tell that a system-wide device cache file is in effect for your local installation  by  examining  the
       lsof help option output - i.e., the output from the -h or -?  option.

       Lsof  will never write to the system-wide device cache file path by default.  It must be explicitly named with
       a -D function in a root-owned procedure.  Once the file has been written, the procedure must change  its  per‐
       mission modes to 0644 (owner-read and owner-write, group-read, and other-read).

PERSONAL DEVICE CACHE PATH (DEFAULT)
       The  default device cache file path of the lsof distribution is one recorded in the home directory of the real
       UID that executes lsof.  Added to the home directory is a second path component of the form .lsof_hostname.

       This is lsof's fourth device cache file path choice, and is usually the  default.   If  a  system-wide  device
       cache  file  path was defined when lsof was built, this fourth choice will be applied when lsof can't find the
       system-wide device cache file.  This is the only time lsof uses two paths when reading the device cache file.

       The hostname part of the second component is the base name of the executing  host,  as  returned  by  gethost‐
       name(2).  The base name is defined to be the characters preceding the first `.'  in the gethostname(2) output,
       or all the gethostname(2) output if it contains no `.'.

       The device cache file belongs to the user ID and is readable and writable by the user ID  alone  -  i.e.,  its
       modes  are  0600.   Each  distinct real user ID on a given host that executes lsof has a distinct device cache
       file.  The hostname part of the path distinguishes device cache files in an NFS-mounted  home  directory  into
       which device cache files are written from several different hosts.

       The  personal  device  cache  file  path  formed  by this method represents a device cache file that lsof will
       attempt to read, and will attempt to write should it not exist or should its contents  be  incorrect  or  out‐
       dated.

       The -Dr option without a path name argument will inhibit the writing of a new device cache file.

       The  -D?  option will list the format specification for constructing the personal device cache file.  The con‐
       versions used in the format specification are described in the 00DCACHE file of the lsof distribution.

MODIFIED PERSONAL DEVICE CACHE PATH
       If this option is defined by the local system administrator when lsof is built, the LSOFPERSDCPATH environment
       variable contents may be used to add a component of the personal device cache file path.

       The LSOFPERSDCPATH variable contents are inserted in the path at the place marked by the local system adminis‐
       trator with the ``%p'' conversion in the HASPERSDC format specification  of  the  dialect's  machine.h  header
       file.  (It's placed right after the home directory in the default lsof distribution.)

       Thus, for example, if LSOFPERSDCPATH contains ``LSOF'', the home directory is ``/Homes/abe'', the host name is
       ``lsof.itap.purdue.edu'', and the HASPERSDC format is the default (``%h/%p.lsof_%L''), the  modified  personal
       device cache file path is:

            /Homes/abe/LSOF/.lsof_vic

       The  LSOFPERSDCPATH  environment variable is ignored when the lsof process is setuid-root or when the real UID
       of the process is root.

       Lsof will not write to a modified personal device cache file path if the lsof process doesn't surrender setgid
       permission.   (See the LSOF PERMISSIONS THAT AFFECT DEVICE CACHE FILE ACCESS section for a list of implementa‐
       tions that normally don't surrender their setgid permission.)

       If, for example, you want to create a sub-directory of personal device cache file paths by using the LSOFPERS‐
       DCPATH  environment  variable  to  name it, and lsof doesn't surrender its setgid permission, you will have to
       allow lsof to create device cache files at the standard personal path and move them to your subdirectory  with
       shell commands.

       The local system administrator may: disable this option when lsof is built; change the name of the environment
       variable from LSOFPERSDCPATH to something else; change the HASPERSDC format to include the personal path  com‐
       ponent  in  another  place;  or  exclude  the personal path component entirely.  Consult the output of the -D?
       option for the environment variable's name and the HASPERSDC format specification.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Errors are identified with messages on the standard error file.

       Lsof returns a one (1) if any error was detected, including the failure to locate command names,  file  names,
       Internet  addresses  or  files,  login names, NFS files, PIDs, PGIDs, or UIDs it was asked to list.  If the -V
       option is specified, lsof will indicate the search items it failed to list.

       It returns a zero (0) if no errors were detected and if it was able to list some  information  about  all  the
       specified search arguments.

       When  lsof cannot open access to /dev (or /devices) or one of its subdirectories, or get information on a file
       in them with stat(2), it issues a warning message and continues.  That lsof will issue warning messages  about
       inaccessible  files  in  /dev  (or  /devices) is indicated in its help output - requested with the -h or >B -?
       options -  with the message:

            Inaccessible /dev warnings are enabled.

       The warning message may be suppressed with the -w option.  It may also have  been  suppressed  by  the  system
       administrator when lsof was compiled by the setting of the WARNDEVACCESS definition.  In this case, the output
       from the help options will include the message:

            Inaccessible /dev warnings are disabled.

       Inaccessible device warning messages usually disappear after lsof has created a working device cache file.

EXAMPLES
       For a more extensive set of examples, documented more fully, see the 00QUICKSTART file of the  lsof  distribu‐
       tion.

       To list all open files, use:

              lsof

       To list all open Internet, x.25 (HP-UX), and UNIX domain files, use:

              lsof -i -U

       To list all open IPv4 network files in use by the process whose PID is 1234, use:

              lsof -i 4 -a -p 1234

       Presuming the UNIX dialect supports IPv6, to list only open IPv6 network files, use:

              lsof -i 6

       To list all files using any protocol on ports 513, 514, or 515 of host wonderland.cc.purdue.edu, use:

              lsof -i @wonderland.cc.purdue.edu:513-515

       To  list all files using any protocol on any port of mace.cc.purdue.edu (cc.purdue.edu is the default domain),
       use:

              lsof -i @mace

       To list all open files for login name ``abe'', or user ID 1234, or process 456, or  process  123,  or  process
       789, use:

              lsof -p 456,123,789 -u 1234,abe

       To list all open files on device /dev/hd4, use:

              lsof /dev/hd4

       To find the process that has /u/abe/foo open, use:

              lsof /u/abe/foo

       To send a SIGHUP to the processes that have /u/abe/bar open, use:

              kill -HUP `lsof -t /u/abe/bar`

       To find any open file, including an open UNIX domain socket file, with the name /dev/log, use:

              lsof /dev/log

       To  find processes with open files on the NFS file system named /nfs/mount/point whose server is inaccessible,
       and presuming your mount table supplies the device number for /nfs/mount/point, use:

              lsof -b /nfs/mount/point

       To do the preceding search with warning messages suppressed, use:

              lsof -bw /nfs/mount/point

       To ignore the device cache file, use:

              lsof -Di

       To obtain PID and command name field output for each process, file descriptor, file device  number,  and  file
       inode number for each file of each process, use:

              lsof -FpcfDi

       To  list the files at descriptors 1 and 3 of every process running the lsof command for login ID ``abe'' every
       10 seconds, use:

              lsof -c lsof -a -d 1 -d 3 -u abe -r10

       To list the current working directory of processes running a command that is exactly four characters long  and
       has an 'o' or 'O' in character three, use this regular expression form of the -c c option:

              lsof -c /^..o.$/i -a -d cwd

       To find an IP version 4 socket file by its associated numeric dot-form address, use:

              lsof -i@128.210.15.17

       To find an IP version 6 socket file (when the UNIX dialect supports IPv6) by its associated numeric colon-form
       address, use:

              lsof -i@[0:1:2:3:4:5:6:7]

       To find an IP version 6 socket file (when the UNIX dialect supports IPv6) by an associated numeric  colon-form
       address that has a run of zeroes in it - e.g., the loop-back address - use:

              lsof -i@[::1]

       To obtain a repeat mode marker line that contains the current time, use:

              lsof -rm====%T====

       To add spaces to the previous marker line, use:

              lsof -r "m==== %T ===="

BUGS
       Since lsof reads kernel memory in its search for open files, rapid changes in kernel memory may produce unpre‐
       dictable results.

       When a file has multiple record locks, the lock status character (following the file  descriptor)  is  derived
       from a test of the first lock structure, not from any combination of the individual record locks that might be
       described by multiple lock structures.

       Lsof can't search for files with restrictive access permissions by name  unless  it  is  installed  with  root
       set-UID permission.  Otherwise it is limited to searching for files to which its user or its set-GID group (if
       any) has access permission.

       The display of the destination address of a raw socket (e.g., for ping) depends on the UNIX operating  system.
       Some dialects store the destination address in the raw socket's protocol control block, some do not.

       Lsof  can't  always  represent Solaris device numbers in the same way that ls(1) does.  For example, the major
       and minor device numbers that the lstat(2) and stat(2) functions report for  the  directory  on  which  CD-ROM
       files  are mounted (typically /cdrom) are not the same as the ones that it reports for the device on which CD-
       ROM files are mounted (typically /dev/sr0).  (Lsof reports the directory numbers.)

       The support for /proc file systems is available only for BSD and Tru64  UNIX  dialects,  Linux,  and  dialects
       derived from SYSV R4 - e.g., FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, UnixWare.

       Some  /proc  file  items  -  device  number,  inode  number, and file size - are unavailable in some dialects.
       Searching for files in a /proc file system may require that the full path name be specified.

       No text (txt) file descriptors are displayed for Linux processes.  All entries for files other than  the  cur‐
       rent working directory, the root directory, and numerical file descriptors are labeled mem descriptors.

       Lsof  can't search for Tru64 UNIX named pipes by name, because their kernel implementation of lstat(2) returns
       an improper device number for a named pipe.

       Lsof can't report fully or correctly on HP-UX 9.01, 10.20, and 11.00 locks because of insufficient  access  to
       kernel  data  or  errors  in  the  kernel  data.   See the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)  for
       details.

       The AIX SMT file type is a fabrication.  It's made up for file structures whose type (15) isn't defined in the
       AIX  /usr/include/sys/file.h header file.  One way to create such file structures is to run X clients with the
       DISPLAY variable set to ``:0.0''.

       The +|-f[cfgGn] option is not supported under /proc-based Linux lsof, because it doesn't  read  kernel  struc‐
       tures from kernel memory.

ENVIRONMENT
       Lsof may access these environment variables.

       LANG              defines  a  language  locale.  See setlocale(3) for the names of other variables that can be
                         used in place of LANG - e.g., LC_ALL, LC_TYPE, etc.

       LSOFDEVCACHE      defines the path to a device cache file.  See the DEVICE  CACHE  PATH  FROM  AN  ENVIRONMENT
                         VARIABLE section for more information.

       LSOFPERSDCPATH    defines  the  middle component of a modified personal device cache file path.  See the MODI‐
                         FIED PERSONAL DEVICE CACHE PATH section for more information.

FAQ
       Frequently-asked questions and their answers (an FAQ) are available in the 00FAQ file of  the  lsof  distribu‐
       tion.

       That  file  is  also available via anonymous ftp from lsof.itap.purdue.edu at pub/tools/unix/lsofFAQ.  The URL
       is:

              ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof/FAQ

FILES
       /dev/kmem         kernel virtual memory device

       /dev/mem          physical memory device

       /dev/swap         system paging device

       .lsof_hostname    lsof's device cache file (The suffix, hostname, is the first component of  the  host's  name
                         returned by gethostname(2).)

AUTHORS
       Lsof  was  written  by Victor A. Abell <abe @purdue.edu> of Purdue University.  Many others have contributed to
       lsof.  They're listed in the 00CREDITS file of the lsof distribution.

DISTRIBUTION
       The latest distribution of lsof is available via anonymous ftp from  the  host  lsof.itap.purdue.edu.   You'll
       find the lsof distribution in the pub/tools/unix/lsof directory.

       You can also use this URL:

              ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof

       Lsof  is  also mirrored elsewhere.  When you access lsof.itap.purdue.edu and change to its pub/tools/unix/lsof
       directory, you'll be given a list of some mirror sites.  The pub/tools/unix/lsof  directory  also  contains  a
       more  complete  list  in  its mirrors file.  Use mirrors with caution - not all mirrors always have the latest
       lsof revision.

       Some pre-compiled Lsof executables are available on lsof.itap.purdue.edu, but their use is discouraged -  it's
       better  that  you build your own from the sources.  If you feel you must use a pre-compiled executable, please
       read the cautions that appear in the README files of the pub/tools/unix/lsof/binaries  subdirectories  and  in
       the 00* files of the distribution.

       More  information  on  the lsof distribution can be found in its README.lsof_<version> file.  If you intend to
       get the lsof distribution and build it, please read README.lsof_</version><version> and the other 00* files of the  dis‐
       tribution before sending questions to the author.

SEE ALSO
       Not all the following manual pages may exist in every UNIX dialect to which lsof has been ported.

       access(2),  awk(1),  crash(1),  fattach(3C),  ff(1),  fstat(8), fuser(1), gethostname(2), isprint(3), kill(1),
       localtime(3), lstat(2), modload(8), mount(8), netstat(1),  ofiles(8L),  perl(1),  ps(1),  readlink(2),  setlo‐
       cale(3), stat(2), strftime(3), time(2), uname(1).

                                                    Revision-4.86                                             LSOF(8)

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NAME

lsof - list open files

SYNOPSIS

lsof [ -?abChKlnNOPRtUvVX ] [ -A A ] [ -c c ] [ +c c ] [ +|-d d ] [ +|-D D ] [ +|-e s ] [ +|-f [cfgGn] ] [ -F

[f] ] [ -g [s] ] [ -i [i] ] [ -k k ] [ +|-L [l] ] [ +|-m m ] [ +|-M ] [ -o [o] ] [ -p s ] [ +|-r [t[m<fmt>]] ]

[ -s [p:s] ] [ -S [t] ] [ -T [t] ] [ -u s ] [ +|-w ] [ -x [fl] ] [ -z [z] ] [ -Z [Z] ] [ -- ] [names]

DESCRIPTION

Lsof revision 4.86 lists on its standard output file information about files opened by processes for the fol‐

lowing UNIX dialects:

Apple Darwin 9 and Mac OS X 10.[567]

FreeBSD 4.9 and 6.4 for x86-based systems

FreeBSD 8.2, 9.0 and 10.0 for AMD64-based systems

Linux 2.1.72 and above for x86-based systems

Solaris 9, 10 and 11

(See the DISTRIBUTION section of this manual page for information on how to obtain the latest lsof revision.)

An open file may be a regular file, a directory, a block special file, a character special file, an executing

text reference, a library, a stream or a network file (Internet socket, NFS file or UNIX domain socket.) A

specific file or all the files in a file system may be selected by path.

Instead of a formatted display, lsof will produce output that can be parsed by other programs. See the -F,

option description, and the OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS section for more information.

In addition to producing a single output list, lsof will run in repeat mode. In repeat mode it will produce

output, delay, then repeat the output operation until stopped with an interrupt or quit signal. See the +|-r

[t[m</fmt><fmt>]] option description for more information.

OPTIONS

In the absence of any options, lsof lists all open files belonging to all active processes.

If any list request option is specified, other list requests must be specifically requested - e.g., if -U is

specified for the listing of UNIX socket files, NFS files won't be listed unless -N is also specified; or if a

user list is specified with the -u option, UNIX domain socket files, belonging to users not in the list, won't

be listed unless the -U option is also specified.

Normally list options that are specifically stated are ORed - i.e., specifying the -i option without an

address and the -ufoo option produces a listing of all network files OR files belonging to processes owned by

user ``foo''. The exceptions are:

1) the `^' (negated) login name or user ID (UID), specified with the -u option;

2) the `^' (negated) process ID (PID), specified with the -p option;

3) the `^' (negated) process group ID (PGID), specified with the -g option;

4) the `^' (negated) command, specified with the -c option;

5) the (`^') negated TCP or UDP protocol state names, specified with the -s [p:s] option.

Since they represent exclusions, they are applied without ORing or ANDing and take effect before any other

selection criteria are applied.

The -a option may be used to AND the selections. For example, specifying -a, -U, and -ufoo produces a listing

of only UNIX socket files that belong to processes owned by user ``foo''.

Caution: the -a option causes all list selection options to be ANDed; it can't be used to cause ANDing of

selected pairs of selection options by placing it between them, even though its placement there is acceptable.

Wherever -a is placed, it causes the ANDing of all selection options.

Items of the same selection set - command names, file descriptors, network addresses, process identifiers,

user identifiers, zone names, security contexts - are joined in a single ORed set and applied before the

result participates in ANDing. Thus, for example, specifying -i@aaa.bbb, -i@ccc.ddd, -a, and -ufff,ggg will

select the listing of files that belong to either login ``fff'' OR ``ggg'' AND have network connections to

either host aaa.bbb OR ccc.ddd.

Options may be grouped together following a single prefix -- e.g., the option set ``-a -b -C'' may be stated

as -abC. However, since values are optional following +|-f, -F, -g, -i, +|-L, -o, +|-r, -s, -S, -T, -x and

-z. when you have no values for them be careful that the following character isn't ambiguous. For example,

-Fn might represent the -F and -n options, or it might represent the n field identifier character following

the -F option. When ambiguity is possible, start a new option with a `-' character - e.g., ``-F -n''. If the

next option is a file name, follow the possibly ambiguous option with ``--'' - e.g., ``-F -- name''.

Either the `+' or the `-' prefix may be applied to a group of options. Options that don't take on separate

meanings for each prefix - e.g., -i - may be grouped under either prefix. Thus, for example, ``+M -i'' may be

stated as ``+Mi'' and the group means the same as the separate options. Be careful of prefix grouping when

one or more options in the group does take on separate meanings under different prefixes - e.g., +|-M; ``-iM''

is not the same request as ``-i +M''. When in doubt, use separate options with appropriate prefixes.

-? -h These two equivalent options select a usage (help) output list. Lsof displays a shortened form of

this output when it detects an error in the options supplied to it, after it has displayed messages

explaining each error. (Escape the `?' character as your shell requires.)

-a causes list selection options to be ANDed, as described above.

-A A is available on systems configured for AFS whose AFS kernel code is implemented via dynamic modules.

It allows the lsof user to specify A as an alternate name list file where the kernel addresses of the

dynamic modules might be found. See the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.) for more

information about dynamic modules, their symbols, and how they affect lsof.

-b causes lsof to avoid kernel functions that might block - lstat(2), readlink(2), and stat(2).

See the BLOCKS AND TIMEOUTS and AVOIDING KERNEL BLOCKS sections for information on using this option.

-c c selects the listing of files for processes executing the command that begins with the characters of

c. Multiple commands may be specified, using multiple -c options. They are joined in a single ORed

set before participating in AND option selection.

If c begins with a `^', then the following characters specify a command name whose processes are to

be ignored (excluded.)

If c begins and ends with a slash ('/'), the characters between the slashes are interpreted as a reg‐

ular expression. Shell meta-characters in the regular expression must be quoted to prevent their

interpretation by the shell. The closing slash may be followed by these modifiers:

b the regular expression is a basic one.

i ignore the case of letters.

x the regular expression is an extended one

(default).

See the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.) for more information on basic and extended

regular expressions.

The simple command specification is tested first. If that test fails, the command regular expression

is applied. If the simple command test succeeds, the command regular expression test isn't made.

This may result in ``no command found for regex:'' messages when lsof's -V option is specified.

+c w defines the maximum number of initial characters of the name, supplied by the UNIX dialect, of the

UNIX command associated with a process to be printed in the COMMAND column. (The lsof default is

nine.)

Note that many UNIX dialects do not supply all command name characters to lsof in the files and

structures from which lsof obtains command name. Often dialects limit the number of characters sup‐

plied in those sources. For example, Linux 2.4.27 and Solaris 9 both limit command name length to 16

characters.

If w is zero ('0'), all command characters supplied to lsof by the UNIX dialect will be printed.

If w is less than the length of the column title, ``COMMAND'', it will be raised to that length.

-C disables the reporting of any path name components from the kernel's name cache. See the KERNEL NAME

CACHE section for more information.

+d s causes lsof to search for all open instances of directory s and the files and directories it contains

at its top level. +d does NOT descend the directory tree, rooted at s. The +D D option may be used

to request a full-descent directory tree search, rooted at directory D.

Processing of the +d option does not follow symbolic links within s unless the -x or -x l option is

also specified. Nor does it search for open files on file system mount points on subdirectories of s

unless the -x or -x f option is also specified.

Note: the authority of the user of this option limits it to searching for files that the user has

permission to examine with the system stat(2) function.

-d s specifies a list of file descriptors (FDs) to exclude from or include in the output listing. The

file descriptors are specified in the comma-separated set s - e.g., ``cwd,1,3'', ``^6,^2''. (There

should be no spaces in the set.)

The list is an exclusion list if all entries of the set begin with `^'. It is an inclusion list if

no entry begins with `^'. Mixed lists are not permitted.

A file descriptor number range may be in the set as long as neither member is empty, both members are

numbers, and the ending member is larger than the starting one - e.g., ``0-7'' or ``3-10''. Ranges

may be specified for exclusion if they have the `^' prefix - e.g., ``^0-7'' excludes all file

descriptors 0 through 7.

Multiple file descriptor numbers are joined in a single ORed set before participating in AND option

selection.

When there are exclusion and inclusion members in the set, lsof reports them as errors and exits with

a non-zero return code.

See the description of File Descriptor (FD) output values in the OUTPUT section for more information

on file descriptor names.

+D D causes lsof to search for all open instances of directory D and all the files and directories it con‐

tains to its complete depth.

Processing of the +D option does not follow symbolic links within D unless the -x or -x l option is

also specified. Nor does it search for open files on file system mount points on subdirectories of D

unless the -x or -x f option is also specified.

Note: the authority of the user of this option limits it to searching for files that the user has

permission to examine with the system stat(2) function.

Further note: lsof may process this option slowly and require a large amount of dynamic memory to do

it. This is because it must descend the entire directory tree, rooted at D, calling stat(2) for each

file and directory, building a list of all the files it finds, and searching that list for a match

with every open file. When directory D is large, these steps can take a long time, so use this

option prudently.

-D D directs lsof's use of the device cache file. The use of this option is sometimes restricted. See

the DEVICE CACHE FILE section and the sections that follow it for more information on this option.

-D must be followed by a function letter; the function letter may optionally be followed by a path

name. Lsof recognizes these function letters:

? - report device cache file paths

b - build the device cache file

i - ignore the device cache file

r - read the device cache file

u - read and update the device cache file

The b, r, and u functions, accompanied by a path name, are sometimes restricted. When these func‐

tions are restricted, they will not appear in the description of the -D option that accompanies -h or

-? option output. See the DEVICE CACHE FILE section and the sections that follow it for more infor‐

mation on these functions and when they're restricted.

The ? function reports the read-only and write paths that lsof can use for the device cache file,

the names of any environment variables whose values lsof will examine when forming the device cache

file path, and the format for the personal device cache file path. (Escape the `?' character as your

shell requires.)

When available, the b, r, and u functions may be followed by the device cache file's path. The stan‐

dard default is .lsof_hostname in the home directory of the real user ID that executes lsof, but this

could have been changed when lsof was configured and compiled. (The output of the -h and -? options

show the current default prefix - e.g., ``.lsof''.) The suffix, hostname, is the first component of

the host's name returned by gethostname(2).

When available, the b function directs lsof to build a new device cache file at the default or speci‐

fied path.

The i function directs lsof to ignore the default device cache file and obtain its information about

devices via direct calls to the kernel.

The r function directs lsof to read the device cache at the default or specified path, but prevents

it from creating a new device cache file when none exists or the existing one is improperly struc‐

tured. The r function, when specified without a path name, prevents lsof from updating an incorrect

or outdated device cache file, or creating a new one in its place. The r function is always avail‐

able when it is specified without a path name argument; it may be restricted by the permissions of

the lsof process.

When available, the u function directs lsof to read the device cache file at the default or specified

path, if possible, and to rebuild it, if necessary. This is the default device cache file function

when no -D option has been specified.

+|-e s exempts the file system whose path name is s from being subjected to kernel function calls that might

block. The +e option exempts stat(2), lstat(2) and most readlink(2) kernel function calls. The -e

option exempts only stat(2) and lstat(2) kernel function calls. Multiple file systems may be speci‐

fied with separate +|-e specifications and each may have readlink(2) calls exempted or not.

This option is currently implemented only for Linux.

CAUTION: this option can easily be mis-applied to other than the file system of interest, because it

uses path name rather than the more reliable device and inode numbers. (Device and inode numbers are

acquired via the potentially blocking stat(2) kernel call and are thus not available, but see the

+|-m m option as a possible alternative way to supply device numbers.) Use this option with great

care and fully specify the path name of the file system to be exempted.

When open files on exempted file systems are reported, it may not be possible to obtain all their

information. Therefore, some information columns will be blank, the characters ``UNKN'' preface the

values in the TYPE column, and the applicable exemption option is added in parentheses to the end of

the NAME column. (Some device number information might be made available via the +|-m m option.)

+|-f [cfgGn]

f by itself clarifies how path name arguments are to be interpreted. When followed by c, f, g, G, or

n in any combination it specifies that the listing of kernel file structure information is to be

enabled (`+') or inhibited (`-').

Normally a path name argument is taken to be a file system name if it matches a mounted-on directory

name reported by mount(8), or if it represents a block device, named in the mount output and associ‐

ated with a mounted directory name. When +f is specified, all path name arguments will be taken to

be file system names, and lsof will complain if any are not. This can be useful, for example, when

the file system name (mounted-on device) isn't a block device. This happens for some CD-ROM file

systems.

When -f is specified by itself, all path name arguments will be taken to be simple files. Thus, for

example, the ``-f -- /'' arguments direct lsof to search for open files with a `/' path name, not all

open files in the `/' (root) file system.

Be careful to make sure +f and -f are properly terminated and aren't followed by a character (e.g.,

of the file or file system name) that might be taken as a parameter. For example, use ``--'' after

+f and -f as in these examples.

$ lsof +f -- /file/system/name

$ lsof -f -- /file/name

The listing of information from kernel file structures, requested with the +f [cfgGn] option form, is

normally inhibited, and is not available in whole or part for some dialects - e.g., /proc-based Linux

kernels below 2.6.22. When the prefix to f is a plus sign (`+'), these characters request file

structure information:

c file structure use count (not Linux)

f file structure address (not Linux)

g file flag abbreviations (Linux 2.6.22 and up)

G file flags in hexadecimal (Linux 2.6.22 and up)

n file structure node address (not Linux)

When the prefix is minus (`-') the same characters disable the listing of the indicated values.

File structure addresses, use counts, flags, and node addresses may be used to detect more readily

identical files inherited by child processes and identical files in use by different processes. Lsof

column output can be sorted by output columns holding the values and listed to identify identical

file use, or lsof field output can be parsed by an AWK or Perl post-filter script, or by a C program.

-F f specifies a character list, f, that selects the fields to be output for processing by another pro‐

gram, and the character that terminates each output field. Each field to be output is specified with

a single character in f. The field terminator defaults to NL, but may be changed to NUL (000). See

the OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS section for a description of the field identification characters and

the field output process.

When the field selection character list is empty, all standard fields are selected (except the raw

device field, security context and zone field for compatibility reasons) and the NL field terminator

is used.

When the field selection character list contains only a zero (`0'), all fields are selected (except

the raw device field for compatibility reasons) and the NUL terminator character is used.

Other combinations of fields and their associated field terminator character must be set with

explicit entries in f, as described in the OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS section.

When a field selection character identifies an item lsof does not normally list - e.g., PPID,

selected with -R - specification of the field character - e.g., ``-FR'' - also selects the listing of

the item.

When the field selection character list contains the single character `?', lsof will display a help

list of the field identification characters. (Escape the `?' character as your shell requires.)

-g [s] excludes or selects the listing of files for the processes whose optional process group IDentifica‐

tion (PGID) numbers are in the comma-separated set s - e.g., ``123'' or ``123,^456''. (There should

be no spaces in the set.)

PGID numbers that begin with `^' (negation) represent exclusions.

Multiple PGID numbers are joined in a single ORed set before participating in AND option selection.

However, PGID exclusions are applied without ORing or ANDing and take effect before other selection

criteria are applied.

The -g option also enables the output display of PGID numbers. When specified without a PGID set

that's all it does.

-i [i] selects the listing of files any of whose Internet address matches the address specified in i. If no

address is specified, this option selects the listing of all Internet and x.25 (HP-UX) network files.

If -i4 or -i6 is specified with no following address, only files of the indicated IP version, IPv4 or

IPv6, are displayed. (An IPv6 specification may be used only if the dialects supports IPv6, as indi‐

cated by ``[46]'' and ``IPv[46]'' in lsof's -h or -? output.) Sequentially specifying -i4, followed

by -i6 is the same as specifying -i, and vice-versa. Specifying -i4, or -i6 after -i is the same as

specifying -i4 or -i6 by itself.

Multiple addresses (up to a limit of 100) may be specified with multiple -i options. (A port number

or service name range is counted as one address.) They are joined in a single ORed set before par‐

ticipating in AND option selection.

An Internet address is specified in the form (Items in square brackets are optional.):

[46][protocol][@hostname|hostaddr][:service|port]

where:

46 specifies the IP version, IPv4 or IPv6

that applies to the following address.

'6' may be be specified only if the UNIX

dialect supports IPv6. If neither '4' nor

'6' is specified, the following address

applies to all IP versions.

protocol is a protocol name - TCP, UDP

hostname is an Internet host name. Unless a

specific IP version is specified, open

network files associated with host names

of all versions will be selected.

hostaddr is a numeric Internet IPv4 address in

dot form; or an IPv6 numeric address in

colon form, enclosed in brackets, if the

UNIX dialect supports IPv6. When an IP

version is selected, only its numeric

addresses may be specified.

service is an /etc/services name - e.g., smtp -

or a list of them.

port is a port number, or a list of them.

IPv6 options may be used only if the UNIX dialect supports IPv6. To see if the dialect supports

IPv6, run lsof and specify the -h or -? (help) option. If the displayed description of the -i

option contains ``[46]'' and ``IPv[46]'', IPv6 is supported.

IPv4 host names and addresses may not be specified if network file selection is limited to IPv6 with

-i 6. IPv6 host names and addresses may not be specified if network file selection is limited to

IPv4 with -i 4. When an open IPv4 network file's address is mapped in an IPv6 address, the open

file's type will be IPv6, not IPv4, and its display will be selected by '6', not '4'.

At least one address component - 4, 6, protocol, hostname, hostaddr, or service - must be supplied.

The `@' character, leading the host specification, is always required; as is the `:', leading the

port specification. Specify either hostname or hostaddr. Specify either service name list or port

number list. If a service name list is specified, the protocol may also need to be specified if the

TCP, UDP and UDPLITE port numbers for the service name are different. Use any case - lower or upper

- for protocol.

Service names and port numbers may be combined in a list whose entries are separated by commas and

whose numeric range entries are separated by minus signs. There may be no embedded spaces, and all

service names must belong to the specified protocol. Since service names may contain embedded minus

signs, the starting entry of a range can't be a service name; it can be a port number, however.

Here are some sample addresses:

-i6 - IPv6 only

TCP:25 - TCP and port 25

@1.2.3.4 - Internet IPv4 host address 1.2.3.4

@[3ffe:1ebc::1]:1234 - Internet IPv6 host address

3ffe:1ebc::1, port 1234

UDP:who - UDP who service port

TCP@lsof.itap:513 - TCP, port 513 and host name lsof.itap

tcp@foo:1-10,smtp,99 - TCP, ports 1 through 10,

service name smtp, port 99, host name foo

tcp@bar:1-smtp - TCP, ports 1 through smtp, host bar

:time - either TCP, UDP or UDPLITE time service port

-K selects the listing of tasks of processes, on dialects where task reporting is supported. (If help

output - i.e., the output of the -h or -? options - shows this option, then task reporting is sup‐

ported by the dialect.)

When -K and -a are both specified and the tasks of a main process are selected by other options, the

main process will also be listed as though it were a task, but without a task ID. (See the descrip‐

tion of the TID column in the OUTPUT section.)

-k k specifies a kernel name list file, k, in place of /vmunix, /mach, etc. -k is not available under AIX

on the IBM RISC/System 6000.

-l inhibits the conversion of user ID numbers to login names. It is also useful when login name lookup

is working improperly or slowly.

+|-L [l] enables (`+') or disables (`-') the listing of file link counts, where they are available - e.g.,

they aren't available for sockets, or most FIFOs and pipes.

When +L is specified without a following number, all link counts will be listed. When -L is speci‐

fied (the default), no link counts will be listed.

When +L is followed by a number, only files having a link count less than that number will be listed.

(No number may follow -L.) A specification of the form ``+L1'' will select open files that have been

unlinked. A specification of the form ``+aL1 <file_system>'' will select unlinked open files on the

specified file system.

For other link count comparisons, use field output (-F) and a post-processing script or program.

+|-m m specifies an alternate kernel memory file or activates mount table supplement processing.

The option form -m m specifies a kernel memory file, m, in place of /dev/kmem or /dev/mem - e.g., a

crash dump file.

The option form +m requests that a mount supplement file be written to the standard output file. All

other options are silently ignored.

There will be a line in the mount supplement file for each mounted file system, containing the

mounted file system directory, followed by a single space, followed by the device number in hexadeci‐

mal "0x" format - e.g.,

/ 0x801

Lsof can use the mount supplement file to get device numbers for file systems when it can't get them

via stat(2) or lstat(2).

The option form +m m identifies m as a mount supplement file.

Note: the +m and +m m options are not available for all supported dialects. Check the output of

lsof's -h or -? options to see if the +m and +m m options are available.

+|-M Enables (+) or disables (-) the reporting of portmapper registrations for local TCP, UDP and UDPLITE

ports, where port mapping is supported. (See the last paragraph of this option description for

information about where portmapper registration reporting is suported.)

The default reporting mode is set by the lsof builder with the HASPMAPENABLED #define in the

dialect's machine.h header file; lsof is distributed with the HASPMAPENABLED #define deactivated, so

portmapper reporting is disabled by default and must be requested with +M. Specifying lsof's -h or

-? option will report the default mode. Disabling portmapper registration when it is already dis‐

abled or enabling it when already enabled is acceptable. When portmapper registration reporting is

enabled, lsof displays the portmapper registration (if any) for local TCP, UDP or UDPLITE ports in

square brackets immediately following the port numbers or service names - e.g., ``:1234[name]'' or

``:name[100083]''. The registration information may be a name or number, depending on what the reg‐

istering program supplied to the portmapper when it registered the port.

When portmapper registration reporting is enabled, lsof may run a little more slowly or even become

blocked when access to the portmapper becomes congested or stopped. Reverse the reporting mode to

determine if portmapper registration reporting is slowing or blocking lsof.

For purposes of portmapper registration reporting lsof considers a TCP, UDP or UDPLITE port local if:

it is found in the local part of its containing kernel structure; or if it is located in the foreign

part of its containing kernel structure and the local and foreign Internet addresses are the same; or

if it is located in the foreign part of its containing kernel structure and the foreign Internet

address is INADDR_LOOPBACK (127.0.0.1). This rule may make lsof ignore some foreign ports on

machines with multiple interfaces when the foreign Internet address is on a different interface from

the local one.

See the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.) for further discussion of portmapper regis‐

tration reporting issues.

Portmapper registration reporting is supported only on dialects that have RPC header files. (Some

Linux distributions with GlibC 2.14 do not have them.) When portmapper registration reporting is

supported, the -h or -? help output will show the +|-M option.

-n inhibits the conversion of network numbers to host names for network files. Inhibiting conversion

may make lsof run faster. It is also useful when host name lookup is not working properly.

-N selects the listing of NFS files.

-o directs lsof to display file offset at all times. It causes the SIZE/OFF output column title to be

changed to OFFSET. Note: on some UNIX dialects lsof can't obtain accurate or consistent file offset

information from its kernel data sources, sometimes just for particular kinds of files (e.g., socket

files.) Consult the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.) for more information.

The -o and -s options are mutually exclusive; they can't both be specified. When neither is speci‐

fied, lsof displays whatever value - size or offset - is appropriate and available for the type of

the file.

-o o defines the number of decimal digits (o) to be printed after the ``0t'' for a file offset before the

form is switched to ``0x...''. An o value of zero (unlimited) directs lsof to use the ``0t'' form

for all offset output.

This option does NOT direct lsof to display offset at all times; specify -o (without a trailing num‐

ber) to do that. -o o only specifies the number of digits after ``0t'' in either mixed size and off‐

set or offset-only output. Thus, for example, to direct lsof to display offset at all times with a

decimal digit count of 10, use:

-o -o 10

-oo10

The default number of digits allowed after ``0t'' is normally 8, but may have been changed by the

lsof builder. Consult the description of the -o o option in the output of the -h or -? option to

determine the default that is in effect.

-O directs lsof to bypass the strategy it uses to avoid being blocked by some kernel operations - i.e.,

doing them in forked child processes. See the BLOCKS AND TIMEOUTS and AVOIDING KERNEL BLOCKS sec‐

tions for more information on kernel operations that may block lsof.

While use of this option will reduce lsof startup overhead, it may also cause lsof to hang when the

kernel doesn't respond to a function. Use this option cautiously.

-p s excludes or selects the listing of files for the processes whose optional process IDentification

(PID) numbers are in the comma-separated set s - e.g., ``123'' or ``123,^456''. (There should be no

spaces in the set.)

PID numbers that begin with `^' (negation) represent exclusions.

Multiple process ID numbers are joined in a single ORed set before participating in AND option selec‐

tion. However, PID exclusions are applied without ORing or ANDing and take effect before other

selection criteria are applied.

-P inhibits the conversion of port numbers to port names for network files. Inhibiting the conversion

may make lsof run a little faster. It is also useful when port name lookup is not working properly.

+|-r [t[m<fmt>]]

puts lsof in repeat mode. There lsof lists open files as selected by other options, delays t seconds

(default fifteen), then repeats the listing, delaying and listing repetitively until stopped by a

condition defined by the prefix to the option.

If the prefix is a `-', repeat mode is endless. Lsof must be terminated with an interrupt or quit

signal.

If the prefix is `+', repeat mode will end the first cycle no open files are listed - and of course

when lsof is stopped with an interrupt or quit signal. When repeat mode ends because no files are

listed, the process exit code will be zero if any open files were ever listed; one, if none were ever

listed.

Lsof marks the end of each listing: if field output is in progress (the -F, option has been speci‐

fied), the default marker is `m'; otherwise the default marker is ``========''. The marker is fol‐

lowed by a NL character.

The optional "m</fmt><fmt>" argument specifies a format for the marker line. The </fmt><fmt> characters follow‐

ing `m' are interpreted as a format specification to the strftime(3) function, when both it and the

localtime(3) function are available in the dialect's C library. Consult the strftime(3) documenta‐

tion for what may appear in its format specification. Note that when field output is requested with

the -F option, </fmt><fmt> cannot contain the NL format, ``%n''. Note also that when </fmt><fmt> contains spaces

or other characters that affect the shell's interpretation of arguments, </fmt><fmt> must be quoted appro‐

priately.

Repeat mode reduces lsof startup overhead, so it is more efficient to use this mode than to call lsof

repetitively from a shell script, for example.

To use repeat mode most efficiently, accompany +|-r with specification of other lsof selection

options, so the amount of kernel memory access lsof does will be kept to a minimum. Options that

filter at the process level - e.g., -c, -g, -p, -u - are the most efficient selectors.

Repeat mode is useful when coupled with field output (see the -F, option description) and a supervis‐

ing awk or Perl script, or a C program.

-R directs lsof to list the Parent Process IDentification number in the PPID column.

-s [p:s] s alone directs lsof to display file size at all times. It causes the SIZE/OFF output column title

to be changed to SIZE. If the file does not have a size, nothing is displayed.

When followed by a protocol name (p), either TCP or UDP, a colon (`:') and a comma-separated protocol

state name list, the option causes open TCP and UDP files to be excluded if their state name(s) are

in the list (s) preceded by a `^'; or included if their name(s) are not preceded by a `^'.

When an inclusion list is defined, only network files with state names in the list will be present in

the lsof output. Thus, specifying one state name means that only network files with that lone state

name will be listed.

Case is unimportant in the protocol or state names, but there may be no spaces and the colon (`:')

separating the protocol name (p) and the state name list (s) is required.

If only TCP and UDP files are to be listed, as controlled by the specified exclusions and inclusions,

the -i option must be specified, too. If only a single protocol's files are to be listed, add its

name as an argument to the -i option.

For example, to list only network files with TCP state LISTEN, use:

-iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN

Or, for example, to list network files with all UDP states except Idle, use:

-iUDP -sUDP:Idle

State names vary with UNIX dialects, so it's not possible to provide a complete list. Some common

TCP state names are: CLOSED, IDLE, BOUND, LISTEN, ESTABLISHED, SYN_SENT, SYN_RCDV, ESTABLISHED,

CLOSE_WAIT, FIN_WAIT1, CLOSING, LAST_ACK, FIN_WAIT_2, and TIME_WAIT. Two common UDP state names are

Unbound and Idle.

See the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.) for more information on how to use protocol

state exclusion and inclusion, including examples.

The -o (without a following decimal digit count) and -s option (without a following protocol and

state name list) are mutually exclusive; they can't both be specified. When neither is specified,

lsof displays whatever value - size or offset - is appropriate and available for the type of file.

Since some types of files don't have true sizes - sockets, FIFOs, pipes, etc. - lsof displays for

their sizes the content amounts in their associated kernel buffers, if possible.

-S [t] specifies an optional time-out seconds value for kernel functions - lstat(2), readlink(2), and

stat(2) - that might otherwise deadlock. The minimum for t is two; the default, fifteen; when no

value is specified, the default is used.

See the BLOCKS AND TIMEOUTS section for more information.

-T [t] controls the reporting of some TCP/TPI information, also reported by netstat(1), following the net‐

work addresses. In normal output the information appears in parentheses, each item except TCP or TPI

state name identified by a keyword, followed by `=', separated from others by a single space:

QR=<read queue length>

QS=<send queue length>

SO=<socket options and values>

SS=</socket><socket states>

TF=<tcp flags and values>

WR=<window read length>

WW=</window><window write length>

Not all values are reported for all UNIX dialects. Items values (when available) are reported after

the item name and '='.

When the field output mode is in effect (See OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS.) each item appears as a

field with a `T' leading character.

-T with no following key characters disables TCP/TPI information reporting.

-T with following characters selects the reporting of specific TCP/TPI information:

f selects reporting of socket options,

states and values, and TCP flags and

values.

q selects queue length reporting.

s selects connection state reporting.

w selects window size reporting.

Not all selections are enabled for some UNIX dialects. State may be selected for all dialects and is

reported by default. The -h or -? help output for the -T option will show what selections may be

used with the UNIX dialect.

When -T is used to select information - i.e., it is followed by one or more selection characters -

the displaying of state is disabled by default, and it must be explicitly selected again in the char‐

acters following -T. (In effect, then, the default is equivalent to -Ts.) For example, if queue

lengths and state are desired, use -Tqs.

Socket options, socket states, some socket values, TCP flags and one TCP value may be reported (when

available in the UNIX dialect) in the form of the names that commonly appear after SO_, so_, SS_,

TCP_ and TF_ in the dialect's header files - most often <sys /socket.h>, </sys><sys /socketvar.h> and

<netinet /tcp_var.h>. Consult those header files for the meaning of the flags, options, states and

values.

``SO='' precedes socket options and values; ``SS='', socket states; and ``TF='', TCP flags and val‐

ues.

If a flag or option has a value, the value will follow an '=' and the name -- e.g., ``SO=LINGER=5'',

``SO=QLIM=5'', ``TF=MSS=512''. The following seven values may be reported:

Name

Reported Description (Common Symbol)

KEEPALIVE keep alive time (SO_KEEPALIVE)

LINGER linger time (SO_LINGER)

MSS maximum segment size (TCP_MAXSEG)

PQLEN partial listen queue connections

QLEN established listen queue connections

QLIM established listen queue limit

RCVBUF receive buffer length (SO_RCVBUF)

SNDBUF send buffer length (SO_SNDBUF)

Details on what socket options and values, socket states, and TCP flags and values may be displayed

for particular UNIX dialects may be found in the answer to the ``Why doesn't lsof report socket

options, socket states, and TCP flags and values for my dialect?'' and ``Why doesn't lsof report the

partial listen queue connection count for my dialect?'' questions in the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section

gives its location.)

-t specifies that lsof should produce terse output with process identifiers only and no header - e.g.,

so that the output may be piped to kill(1). -t selects the -w option.

-u s selects the listing of files for the user whose login names or user ID numbers are in the comma-sepa‐

rated set s - e.g., ``abe'', or ``548,root''. (There should be no spaces in the set.)

Multiple login names or user ID numbers are joined in a single ORed set before participating in AND

option selection.

If a login name or user ID is preceded by a `^', it becomes a negation - i.e., files of processes

owned by the login name or user ID will never be listed. A negated login name or user ID selection

is neither ANDed nor ORed with other selections; it is applied before all other selections and abso‐

lutely excludes the listing of the files of the process. For example, to direct lsof to exclude the

listing of files belonging to root processes, specify ``-u^root'' or ``-u^0''.

-U selects the listing of UNIX domain socket files.

-v selects the listing of lsof version information, including: revision number; when the lsof binary was

constructed; who constructed the binary and where; the name of the compiler used to construct the

lsof binary; the version number of the compiler when readily available; the compiler and loader flags

used to construct the lsof binary; and system information, typically the output of uname's -a option.

-V directs lsof to indicate the items it was asked to list and failed to find - command names, file

names, Internet addresses or files, login names, NFS files, PIDs, PGIDs, and UIDs.

When other options are ANDed to search options, or compile-time options restrict the listing of some

files, lsof may not report that it failed to find a search item when an ANDed option or compile-time

option prevents the listing of the open file containing the located search item.

For example, ``lsof -V -iTCP@foobar -a -d 999'' may not report a failure to locate open files at

``TCP@foobar'' and may not list any, if none have a file descriptor number of 999. A similar situa‐

tion arises when HASSECURITY and HASNOSOCKSECURITY are defined at compile time and they prevent the

listing of open files.

+|-w Enables (+) or disables (-) the suppression of warning messages.

The lsof builder may choose to have warning messages disabled or enabled by default. The default

warning message state is indicated in the output of the -h or -? option. Disabling warning messages

when they are already disabled or enabling them when already enabled is acceptable.

The -t option selects the -w option.

-x [fl] may accompany the +d and +D options to direct their processing to cross over symbolic links and|or

file system mount points encountered when scanning the directory (+d) or directory tree (+D).

If -x is specified by itself without a following parameter, cross-over processing of both symbolic

links and file system mount points is enabled. Note that when -x is specified without a parameter,

the next argument must begin with '-' or '+'.

The optional 'f' parameter enables file system mount point cross-over processing; 'l', symbolic link

cross-over processing.

The -x option may not be supplied without also supplying a +d or +D option.

-X This is a dialect-specific option.

AIX:

This IBM AIX RISC/System 6000 option requests the reporting of executed text file and shared library

references.

WARNING: because this option uses the kernel readx() function, its use on a busy AIX system might

cause an application process to hang so completely that it can neither be killed nor stopped. I have

never seen this happen or had a report of its happening, but I think there is a remote possibility it

could happen.

By default use of readx() is disabled. On AIX 5L and above lsof may need setuid-root permission to

perform the actions this option requests.

The lsof builder may specify that the -X option be restricted to processes whose real UID is root.

If that has been done, the -X option will not appear in the -h or -? help output unless the real UID

of the lsof process is root. The default lsof distribution allows any UID to specify -X, so by

default it will appear in the help output.

When AIX readx() use is disabled, lsof may not be able to report information for all text and loader

file references, but it may also avoid exacerbating an AIX kernel directory search kernel error,

known as the Stale Segment ID bug.

The readx() function, used by lsof or any other program to access some sections of kernel virtual

memory, can trigger the Stale Segment ID bug. It can cause the kernel's dir_search() function to

believe erroneously that part of an in-memory copy of a file system directory has been zeroed.

Another application process, distinct from lsof, asking the kernel to search the directory - e.g., by

using open(2) - can cause dir_search() to loop forever, thus hanging the application process.

Consult the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.) and the 00README file of the lsof distri‐

bution for a more complete description of the Stale Segment ID bug, its APAR, and methods for defin‐

ing readx() use when compiling lsof.

Linux:

This Linux option requests that lsof skip the reporting of information on all open TCP, UDP and

UDPLITE IPv4 and IPv6 files.

This Linux option is most useful when the system has an extremely large number of open TCP, UDP and

UDPLITE files, the processing of whose information in the /proc/net/tcp* and /proc/net/udp* files

would take lsof a long time, and whose reporting is not of interest.

Use this option with care and only when you are sure that the information you want lsof to display

isn't associated with open TCP, UDP or UDPLITE socket files.

Solaris 10 and above:

This Solaris 10 and above option requests the reporting of cached paths for files that have been

deleted - i.e., removed with rm(1) or unlink(2).

The cached path is followed by the string `` (deleted)'' to indicate that the path by which the file

was opened has been deleted.

Because intervening changes made to the path - i.e., renames with mv(1) or rename(2) - are not

recorded in the cached path, what lsof reports is only the path by which the file was opened, not its

possibly different final path.

-z [z] specifies how Solaris 10 and higher zone information is to be handled.

Without a following argument - e.g., NO z - the option specifies that zone names are to be listed in

the ZONE output column.

The -z option may be followed by a zone name, z. That causes lsof to list only open files for pro‐

cesses in that zone. Multiple -z z option and argument pairs may be specified to form a list of

named zones. Any open file of any process in any of the zones will be listed, subject to other con‐

ditions specified by other options and arguments.

-Z [Z] specifies how SELinux security contexts are to be handled. It and 'Z' field output character support

are inhibited when SELinux is disabled in the running Linux kernel. See OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS

for more information on the 'Z' field output character.

Without a following argument - e.g., NO Z - the option specifies that security contexts are to be

listed in the SECURITY-CONTEXT output column.

The -Z option may be followed by a wildcard security context name, Z. That causes lsof to list only

open files for processes in that security context. Multiple -Z Z option and argument pairs may be

specified to form a list of security contexts. Any open file of any process in any of the security

contexts will be listed, subject to other conditions specified by other options and arguments. Note

that Z can be A:B:C or *:B:C or A:B:* or *:*:C to match against the A:B:C context.

-- The double minus sign option is a marker that signals the end of the keyed options. It may be used,

for example, when the first file name begins with a minus sign. It may also be used when the absence

of a value for the last keyed option must be signified by the presence of a minus sign in the follow‐

ing option and before the start of the file names.

names These are path names of specific files to list. Symbolic links are resolved before use. The first

name may be separated from the preceding options with the ``--'' option.

If a name is the mounted-on directory of a file system or the device of the file system, lsof will

list all the files open on the file system. To be considered a file system, the name must match a

mounted-on directory name in mount(8) output, or match the name of a block device associated with a

mounted-on directory name. The +|-f option may be used to force lsof to consider a name a file sys‐

tem identifier (+f) or a simple file (-f).

If name is a path to a directory that is not the mounted-on directory name of a file system, it is

treated just as a regular file is treated - i.e., its listing is restricted to processes that have it

open as a file or as a process-specific directory, such as the root or current working directory. To

request that lsof look for open files inside a directory name, use the +d s and +D D options.

If a name is the base name of a family of multiplexed files - e. g, AIX's /dev/pt[cs] - lsof will

list all the associated multiplexed files on the device that are open - e.g., /dev/pt[cs]/1,

/dev/pt[cs]/2, etc.

If a name is a UNIX domain socket name, lsof will usually search for it by the characters of the name

alone - exactly as it is specified and is recorded in the kernel socket structure. (See the next

paragraph for an exception to that rule for Linux.) Specifying a relative path - e.g., ./file - in

place of the file's absolute path - e.g., /tmp/file - won't work because lsof must match the charac‐

ters you specify with what it finds in the kernel UNIX domain socket structures.

If a name is a Linux UNIX domain socket name, in one case lsof is able to search for it by its device

and inode number, allowing name to be a relative path. The case requires that the absolute path --

i.e., one beginning with a slash ('/') be used by the process that created the socket, and hence be

stored in the /proc/net/unix file; and it requires that lsof be able to obtain the device and node

numbers of both the absolute path in /proc/net/unix and name via successful stat(2) system calls.

When those conditions are met, lsof will be able to search for the UNIX domain socket when some path

to it is is specified in name. Thus, for example, if the path is /dev/log, and an lsof search is

initiated when the working directory is /dev, then name could be ./log.

If a name is none of the above, lsof will list any open files whose device and inode match that of

the specified path name.

If you have also specified the -b option, the only names you may safely specify are file systems for

which your mount table supplies alternate device numbers. See the AVOIDING KERNEL BLOCKS and ALTER‐

NATE DEVICE NUMBERS sections for more information.

Multiple file names are joined in a single ORed set before participating in AND option selection.

AFS

Lsof supports the recognition of AFS files for these dialects (and AFS versions):

AIX 4.1.4 (AFS 3.4a)

HP-UX 9.0.5 (AFS 3.4a)

Linux 1.2.13 (AFS 3.3)

Solaris 2.[56] (AFS 3.4a)

It may recognize AFS files on other versions of these dialects, but has not been tested there. Depending on

how AFS is implemented, lsof may recognize AFS files in other dialects, or may have difficulties recognizing

AFS files in the supported dialects.

Lsof may have trouble identifying all aspects of AFS files in supported dialects when AFS kernel support is

implemented via dynamic modules whose addresses do not appear in the kernel's variable name list. In that

case, lsof may have to guess at the identity of AFS files, and might not be able to obtain volume information

from the kernel that is needed for calculating AFS volume node numbers. When lsof can't compute volume node

numbers, it reports blank in the NODE column.

The -A A option is available in some dialect implementations of lsof for specifying the name list file where

dynamic module kernel addresses may be found. When this option is available, it will be listed in the lsof

help output, presented in response to the -h or -?

See the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.) for more information about dynamic modules, their sym‐

bols, and how they affect lsof options.

Because AFS path lookups don't seem to participate in the kernel's name cache operations, lsof can't identify

path name components for AFS files.

SECURITY

Lsof has three features that may cause security concerns. First, its default compilation mode allows anyone

to list all open files with it. Second, by default it creates a user-readable and user-writable device cache

file in the home directory of the real user ID that executes lsof. (The list-all-open-files and device cache

features may be disabled when lsof is compiled.) Third, its -k and -m options name alternate kernel name list

or memory files.

Restricting the listing of all open files is controlled by the compile-time HASSECURITY and HASNOSOCKSECURITY

options. When HASSECURITY is defined, lsof will allow only the root user to list all open files. The

non-root user may list only open files of processes with the same user IDentification number as the real user

ID number of the lsof process (the one that its user logged on with).

However, if HASSECURITY and HASNOSOCKSECURITY are both defined, anyone may list open socket files, provided

they are selected with the -i option.

When HASSECURITY is not defined, anyone may list all open files.

Help output, presented in response to the -h or -? option, gives the status of the HASSECURITY and HASNOSOCK‐

SECURITY definitions.

See the Security section of the 00README file of the lsof distribution for information on building lsof with

the HASSECURITY and HASNOSOCKSECURITY options enabled.

Creation and use of a user-readable and user-writable device cache file is controlled by the compile-time HAS‐

DCACHE option. See the DEVICE CACHE FILE section and the sections that follow it for details on how its path

is formed. For security considerations it is important to note that in the default lsof distribution, if the

real user ID under which lsof is executed is root, the device cache file will be written in root's home direc‐

tory - e.g., / or /root. When HASDCACHE is not defined, lsof does not write or attempt to read a device cache

file.

When HASDCACHE is defined, the lsof help output, presented in response to the -h, -D?, or -? options, will

provide device cache file handling information. When HASDCACHE is not defined, the -h or -? output will have

no -D option description.

Before you decide to disable the device cache file feature - enabling it improves the performance of lsof by

reducing the startup overhead of examining all the nodes in /dev (or /devices) - read the discussion of it in

the 00DCACHE file of the lsof distribution and the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.)

WHEN IN DOUBT, YOU CAN TEMPORARILY DISABLE THE USE OF THE DEVICE CACHE FILE WITH THE -Di OPTION.

When lsof user declares alternate kernel name list or memory files with the -k and -m options, lsof checks the

user's authority to read them with access(2). This is intended to prevent whatever special power lsof's modes

might confer on it from letting it read files not normally accessible via the authority of the real user ID.

OUTPUT

This section describes the information lsof lists for each open file. See the OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS sec‐

tion for additional information on output that can be processed by another program.

Lsof only outputs printable (declared so by isprint(3)) 8 bit characters. Non-printable characters are

printed in one of three forms: the C ``\[bfrnt]'' form; the control character `^' form (e.g., ``^@''); or

hexadecimal leading ``\x'' form (e.g., ``\xab''). Space is non-printable in the COMMAND column (``\x20'') and

printable elsewhere.

For some dialects - if HASSETLOCALE is defined in the dialect's machine.h header file - lsof will print the

extended 8 bit characters of a language locale. The lsof process must be supplied a language locale environ‐

ment variable (e.g., LANG) whose value represents a known language locale in which the extended characters are

considered printable by isprint(3). Otherwise lsof considers the extended characters non-printable and prints

them according to its rules for non-printable characters, stated above. Consult your dialect's setlocale(3)

man page for the names of other environment variables that may be used in place of LANG - e.g., LC_ALL,

LC_CTYPE, etc.

Lsof's language locale support for a dialect also covers wide characters - e.g., UTF-8 - when HASSETLOCALE and

HASWIDECHAR are defined in the dialect's machine.h header file, and when a suitable language locale has been

defined in the appropriate environment variable for the lsof process. Wide characters are printable under

those conditions if iswprint(3) reports them to be. If HASSETLOCALE, HASWIDECHAR and a suitable language

locale aren't defined, or if iswprint(3) reports wide characters that aren't printable, lsof considers the

wide characters non-printable and prints each of their 8 bits according to its rules for non-printable charac‐

ters, stated above.

Consult the answers to the "Language locale support" questions in the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its

location.) for more information.

Lsof dynamically sizes the output columns each time it runs, guaranteeing that each column is a minimum size.

It also guarantees that each column is separated from its predecessor by at least one space.

COMMAND contains the first nine characters of the name of the UNIX command associated with the process. If

a non-zero w value is specified to the +c w option, the column contains the first w characters of

the name of the UNIX command associated with the process up to the limit of characters supplied to

lsof by the UNIX dialect. (See the description of the +c w command or the lsof FAQ for more infor‐

mation. The FAQ section gives its location.)

If w is less than the length of the column title, ``COMMAND'', it will be raised to that length.

If a zero w value is specified to the +c w option, the column contains all the characters of the

name of the UNIX command associated with the process.

All command name characters maintained by the kernel in its structures are displayed in field out‐

put when the command name descriptor (`c') is specified. See the OUTPUT FOR OTHER COMMANDS section

for information on selecting field output and the associated command name descriptor.

PID is the Process IDentification number of the process.

TID is the task IDentification number, if a task reporting is supported by the dialect and a task is

being listed. (If help output - i.e., the output of the -h or -? options - shows this option,

then task reporting is supported by the dialect.)

A blank TID column indicates a process - i.e., a non-task.

ZONE is the Solaris 10 and higher zone name. This column must be selected with the -z option.

SECURITY-CONTEXT

is the SELinux security context. This column must be selected with the -Z option. Note that the

-Z option is inhibited when SELinux is disabled in the running Linux kernel.

PPID is the Parent Process IDentification number of the process. It is only displayed when the -R

option has been specified.

PGID is the process group IDentification number associated with the process. It is only displayed when

the -g option has been specified.

USER is the user ID number or login name of the user to whom the process belongs, usually the same as

reported by ps(1). However, on Linux USER is the user ID number or login that owns the directory

in /proc where lsof finds information about the process. Usually that is the same value reported

by ps(1), but may differ when the process has changed its effective user ID. (See the -l option

description for information on when a user ID number or login name is displayed.)

FD is the File Descriptor number of the file or:

cwd current working directory;

Lnn library references (AIX);

err FD information error (see NAME column);

jld jail directory (FreeBSD);

ltx shared library text (code and data);

Mxx hex memory-mapped type number xx.

m86 DOS Merge mapped file;

mem memory-mapped file;

mmap memory-mapped device;

pd parent directory;

rtd root directory;

tr kernel trace file (OpenBSD);

txt program text (code and data);

v86 VP/ix mapped file;

FD is followed by one of these characters, describing the mode under which the file is open:

r for read access;

w for write access;

u for read and write access;

space if mode unknown and no lock

character follows;

`-' if mode unknown and lock

character follows.

The mode character is followed by one of these lock characters, describing the type of lock applied

to the file:

N for a Solaris NFS lock of unknown type;

r for read lock on part of the file;

R for a read lock on the entire file;

w for a write lock on part of the file;

W for a write lock on the entire file;

u for a read and write lock of any length;

U for a lock of unknown type;

x for an SCO OpenServer Xenix lock on part of the file;

X for an SCO OpenServer Xenix lock on the entire file;

space if there is no lock.

See the LOCKS section for more information on the lock information character.

The FD column contents constitutes a single field for parsing in post-processing scripts.

TYPE is the type of the node associated with the file - e.g., GDIR, GREG, VDIR, VREG, etc.

or ``IPv4'' for an IPv4 socket;

or ``IPv6'' for an open IPv6 network file - even if its address is IPv4, mapped in an IPv6 address;

or ``ax25'' for a Linux AX.25 socket;

or ``inet'' for an Internet domain socket;

or ``lla'' for a HP-UX link level access file;

or ``rte'' for an AF_ROUTE socket;

or ``sock'' for a socket of unknown domain;

or ``unix'' for a UNIX domain socket;

or ``x.25'' for an HP-UX x.25 socket;

or ``BLK'' for a block special file;

or ``CHR'' for a character special file;

or ``DEL'' for a Linux map file that has been deleted;

or ``DIR'' for a directory;

or ``DOOR'' for a VDOOR file;

or ``FIFO'' for a FIFO special file;

or ``KQUEUE'' for a BSD style kernel event queue file;

or ``LINK'' for a symbolic link file;

or ``MPB'' for a multiplexed block file;

or ``MPC'' for a multiplexed character file;

or ``NOFD'' for a Linux /proc/<pid>/fd directory that can't be opened -- the directory path appears

in the NAME column, followed by an error message;

or ``PAS'' for a /proc/as file;

or ``PAXV'' for a /proc/auxv file;

or ``PCRE'' for a /proc/cred file;

or ``PCTL'' for a /proc control file;

or ``PCUR'' for the current /proc process;

or ``PCWD'' for a /proc current working directory;

or ``PDIR'' for a /proc directory;

or ``PETY'' for a /proc executable type (etype);

or ``PFD'' for a /proc file descriptor;

or ``PFDR'' for a /proc file descriptor directory;

or ``PFIL'' for an executable /proc file;

or ``PFPR'' for a /proc FP register set;

or ``PGD'' for a /proc/pagedata file;

or ``PGID'' for a /proc group notifier file;

or ``PIPE'' for pipes;

or ``PLC'' for a /proc/lwpctl file;

or ``PLDR'' for a /proc/lpw directory;

or ``PLDT'' for a /proc/ldt file;

or ``PLPI'' for a /proc/lpsinfo file;

or ``PLST'' for a /proc/lstatus file;

or ``PLU'' for a /proc/lusage file;

or ``PLWG'' for a /proc/gwindows file;

or ``PLWI'' for a /proc/lwpsinfo file;

or ``PLWS'' for a /proc/lwpstatus file;

or ``PLWU'' for a /proc/lwpusage file;

or ``PLWX'' for a /proc/xregs file'

or ``PMAP'' for a /proc map file (map);

or ``PMEM'' for a /proc memory image file;

or ``PNTF'' for a /proc process notifier file;

or ``POBJ'' for a /proc/object file;

or ``PODR'' for a /proc/object directory;

or ``POLP'' for an old format /proc light weight process file;

or ``POPF'' for an old format /proc PID file;

or ``POPG'' for an old format /proc page data file;

or ``PORT'' for a SYSV named pipe;

or ``PREG'' for a /proc register file;

or ``PRMP'' for a /proc/rmap file;

or ``PRTD'' for a /proc root directory;

or ``PSGA'' for a /proc/sigact file;

or ``PSIN'' for a /proc/psinfo file;

or ``PSTA'' for a /proc status file;

or ``PSXSEM'' for a POSIX semaphore file;

or ``PSXSHM'' for a POSIX shared memory file;

or ``PUSG'' for a /proc/usage file;

or ``PW'' for a /proc/watch file;

or ``PXMP'' for a /proc/xmap file;

or ``REG'' for a regular file;

or ``SMT'' for a shared memory transport file;

or ``STSO'' for a stream socket;

or ``UNNM'' for an unnamed type file;

or ``XNAM'' for an OpenServer Xenix special file of unknown type;

or ``XSEM'' for an OpenServer Xenix semaphore file;

or ``XSD'' for an OpenServer Xenix shared data file;

or the four type number octets if the corresponding name isn't known.

FILE-ADDR contains the kernel file structure address when f has been specified to +f;

FCT contains the file reference count from the kernel file structure when c has been specified to +f;

FILE-FLAG when g or G has been specified to +f, this field contains the contents of the f_flag[s] member of

the kernel file structure and the kernel's per-process open file flags (if available); `G' causes

them to be displayed in hexadecimal; `g', as short-hand names; two lists may be displayed with

entries separated by commas, the lists separated by a semicolon (`;'); the first list may contain

short-hand names for f_flag[s] values from the following table:

AIO asynchronous I/O (e.g., FAIO)

AP append

ASYN asynchronous I/O (e.g., FASYNC)

BAS block, test, and set in use

BKIU block if in use

BL use block offsets

BSK block seek

CA copy avoid

CIO concurrent I/O

CLON clone

CLRD CL read

CR create

DF defer

DFI defer IND

DFLU data flush

DIR direct

DLY delay

DOCL do clone

DSYN data-only integrity

DTY must be a directory

EVO event only

EX open for exec

EXCL exclusive open

FSYN synchronous writes

GCDF defer during unp_gc() (AIX)

GCMK mark during unp_gc() (AIX)

GTTY accessed via /dev/tty

HUP HUP in progress

KERN kernel

KIOC kernel-issued ioctl

LCK has lock

LG large file

MBLK stream message block

MK mark

MNT mount

MSYN multiplex synchronization

NATM don't update atime

NB non-blocking I/O

NBDR no BDRM check

NBIO SYSV non-blocking I/O

NBF n-buffering in effect

NC no cache

ND no delay

NDSY no data synchronization

NET network

NFLK don't follow links

NMFS NM file system

NOTO disable background stop

NSH no share

NTTY no controlling TTY

OLRM OLR mirror

PAIO POSIX asynchronous I/O

PP POSIX pipe

R read

RC file and record locking cache

REV revoked

RSH shared read

RSYN read synchronization

RW read and write access

SL shared lock

SNAP cooked snapshot

SOCK socket

SQSH Sequent shared set on open

SQSV Sequent SVM set on open

SQR Sequent set repair on open

SQS1 Sequent full shared open

SQS2 Sequent partial shared open

STPI stop I/O

SWR synchronous read

SYN file integrity while writing

TCPM avoid TCP collision

TR truncate

W write

WKUP parallel I/O synchronization

WTG parallel I/O synchronization

VH vhangup pending

VTXT virtual text

XL exclusive lock

this list of names was derived from F* #define's in dialect header files <fcntl .h>, <linux </fs.h>,

<sys /fcntl.c>, </sys><sys /fcntlcom.h>, and </sys><sys /file.h>; see the lsof.h header file for a list showing

the correspondence between the above short-hand names and the header file definitions;

the second list (after the semicolon) may contain short-hand names for kernel per-process open file

flags from this table:

ALLC allocated

BR the file has been read

BHUP activity stopped by SIGHUP

BW the file has been written

CLSG closing

CX close-on-exec (see fcntl(F_SETFD))

LCK lock was applied

MP memory-mapped

OPIP open pending - in progress

RSVW reserved wait

SHMT UF_FSHMAT set (AIX)

USE in use (multi-threaded)

NODE-ID (or INODE-ADDR for some dialects) contains a unique identifier for the file node (usually the ker‐

nel vnode or inode address, but also occasionally a concatenation of device and node number) when n

has been specified to +f;

DEVICE contains the device numbers, separated by commas, for a character special, block special, regular,

directory or NFS file;

or ``memory'' for a memory file system node under Tru64 UNIX;

or the address of the private data area of a Solaris socket stream;

or a kernel reference address that identifies the file (The kernel reference address may be used

for FIFO's, for example.);

Usually only the lower thirty two bits of Tru64 UNIX kernel addresses are displayed.

SIZE, SIZE/OFF, or OFFSET

is the size of the file or the file offset in bytes. A value is displayed in this column only if

it is available. Lsof displays whatever value - size or offset - is appropriate for the type of

the file and the version of lsof.

On some UNIX dialects lsof can't obtain accurate or consistent file offset information from its

kernel data sources, sometimes just for particular kinds of files (e.g., socket files.) In other

cases, files don't have true sizes - e.g., sockets, FIFOs, pipes - so lsof displays for their sizes

the content amounts it finds in their kernel buffer descriptors (e.g., socket buffer size counts or

TCP/IP window sizes.) Consult the lsof FAQ (The FAQ section gives its location.) for more infor‐

mation.

The file size is displayed in decimal; the offset is normally displayed in decimal with a leading

``0t'' if it contains 8 digits or less; in hexadecimal with a leading ``0x'' if it is longer than 8

digits. (Consult the -o o option description for information on when 8 might default to some other

value.)

Thus the leading ``0t'' and ``0x'' identify an offset when the column may contain both a size and

an offset (i.e., its title is SIZE/OFF).

If the -o option is specified, lsof always displays the file offset (or nothing if no offset is

available) and labels the column OFFSET. The offset always begins with ``0t'' or ``0x'' as

described above.

The lsof user can control the switch from ``0t'' to ``0x'' with the -o o option. Consult its

description for more information.

If the -s option is specified, lsof always displays the file size (or nothing if no size is avail‐

able) and labels the column SIZE. The -o and -s options are mutually exclusive; they can't both be

specified.

For files that don't have a fixed size - e.g., don't reside on a disk device - lsof will display

appropriate information about the current size or position of the file if it is available in the

kernel structures that define the file.

NLINK contains the file link count when +L has been specified;

NODE is the node number of a local file;

or the inode number of an NFS file in the server host;

or the Internet protocol type - e. g, ``TCP'';

or ``STR'' for a stream;

or ``CCITT'' for an HP-UX x.25 socket;

or the IRQ or inode number of a Linux AX.25 socket device.

NAME is the name of the mount point and file system on which the file resides;

or the name of a file specified in the names option (after any symbolic links have been resolved);

or the name of a character special or block special device;

or the local and remote Internet addresses of a network file; the local host name or IP number is

followed by a colon (':'), the port, ``->'', and the two-part remote address; IP addresses may be

reported as numbers or names, depending on the +|-M, -n, and -P options; colon-separated IPv6 num‐

bers are enclosed in square brackets; IPv4 INADDR_ANY and IPv6 IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED addresses,

and zero port numbers are represented by an asterisk ('*'); a UDP destination address may be fol‐

lowed by the amount of time elapsed since the last packet was sent to the destination; TCP, UDP and

UDPLITE remote addresses may be followed by TCP/TPI information in parentheses - state (e.g.,

``(ESTABLISHED)'', ``(Unbound)''), queue sizes, and window sizes (not all dialects) - in a fashion

similar to what netstat(1) reports; see the -T option description or the description of the TCP/TPI

field in OUTPUT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS for more information on state, queue size, and window size;

or the address or name of a UNIX domain socket, possibly including a stream clone device name, a

file system object's path name, local and foreign kernel addresses, socket pair information, and a

bound vnode address;

or the local and remote mount point names of an NFS file;

or ``STR'', followed by the stream name;

or a stream character device name, followed by ``->'' and the stream name or a list of stream mod‐

ule names, separated by ``->'';

or ``STR:'' followed by the SCO OpenServer stream device and module names, separated by ``->'';

or system directory name, `` -- '', and as many components of the path name as lsof can find in the

kernel's name cache for selected dialects (See the KERNEL NAME CACHE section for more informa‐

tion.);

or ``PIPE->'', followed by a Solaris kernel pipe destination address;

or ``COMMON:'', followed by the vnode device information structure's device name, for a Solaris

common vnode;

or the address family, followed by a slash (`/'), followed by fourteen comma-separated bytes of a

non-Internet raw socket address;

or the HP-UX x.25 local address, followed by the virtual connection number (if any), followed by

the remote address (if any);

or ``(dead)'' for disassociated Tru64 UNIX files - typically terminal files that have been flagged

with the TIOCNOTTY ioctl and closed by daemons;

or ``rd=<offset>'' and ``wr=</offset><offset>'' for the values of the read and write offsets of a FIFO;

or ``clone n:/dev/event'' for SCO OpenServer file clones of the /dev/event device, where n is the

minor device number of the file;

or ``(socketpair: n)'' for a Solaris 2.6, 8, 9 or 10 UNIX domain socket, created by the socket‐

pair(3N) network function;

or ``no PCB'' for socket files that do not have a protocol block associated with them, optionally

followed by ``, CANTSENDMORE'' if sending on the socket has been disabled, or ``, CANTRCVMORE'' if

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