December 9, 2024
Output of lsof for given user

It can be useful to get a list of all open files per user basis for a given Linux Mint / Ubuntu system.

To do this quickly, open Terminal and type :

lsof -u username

This will generate an output of all open files by the user name specified. Run it as root to get a list of open files for any user.To make it more readable and stop scrolling through the screen, use the ‘less’ parameter :

lsof -u username|less

Display list of open files for a specified user

The output will look something like below :

Output of lsof for given user

Hit the enter key to continue with the list or ‘q’ to exit lsof.

Cheers.

 

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