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How to find which processes are using a particular file in linux?

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How to find which processes are using a particular file in linux?
posted Sep 28, 2013 by Manish Negi

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By using lsof command in Linux. It 'll list down PID of all the process which is using a particular file
i.e To find user specific open files you use # lsof -u tecmint.If you want to List Open Files of TCP Port ranges 1-1024 then use # lsof -i TCP:1-1024

answer Sep 28, 2013 by Vinay Shukla
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By using lsof command in UNIX. It wills list down PID of all the process which is using a particular file.

answer Sep 22, 2015 by Mohammed Hussain
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