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smhenderson on Aug 26, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Unix Utility to Know About: lsof (2009)

I find myself using lsof for it's ability to show me what TCP sockets are in use more than what actual files are open.

lsof | grep TCP

Terr_ on Aug 26, 2016 [–]

For that I often use:

netstat --ip -a -p

Those particular options mean to show just IP ports (UDP/TCP), in all statuses (active, listening) and to display the local process which is involved.

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