How can I find all files open within a given directory?

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I know I can use lsof to list open files, and I know I can use find to find files by inode within a given directory.

But how can I effectively combine these two programs to list all open files which are open within a given directory? Or is there a better way to answer this question?

score 19 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 18 '18 at 08:26

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lsof has switches for doing this.

lsof +d 'directory' (will list open files in the folder)
lsof +D 'directory' (will list open files recursively)

edited Jul 18 '18 at 08:26

robinCTS

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answered Jul 18 '18 at 07:51

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This should be the accepted answer. – dr_ Nov 13 '18 at 09:27
If you just care about the current working directory, you can do `lsof +d .` – rinogo Mar 27 '19 at 15:45

Giacomo1968 · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-03T17:47:46.467

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Easy. Just pipe the output of the lsof command into grep for further processing like this:

sudo lsof | grep /path/of/directory/you/care/about

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answered Jan 03 '15 at 17:15

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How can I find all files open within a given directory?

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