Which Processes Hold A File Open? (fuser)

• In order to see which Processes currently hold a File open, we can use the fuser command:

       [choo@simey ~/haifux]$ /sbin/fuser .
       .:                    1262c
       [choo@simey ~/haifux]$ ps -p 1262
         PID TTY          TIME CMD
        1262 pts/2    00:00:00 tcsh
       

• The fuser command shows a list of Process-ID-s currently holding a given File (or Directory) open.

Originally written by guy keren