[SOLVED] Find open files in the system

procfs · 07-01-2013, 06:19 AM

Hi, I know this is a dumb question

I am trying to find the number of open files per process, and I found few commands but each gives deferrent values. below are the commands

ls /proc/<pid>/fd/*

and

lsof -p <PID>

Can some one tell me what I am doing wrong or am I reading the out put wrong

Thanks and Best Regards

eahmedshendy · 07-01-2013, 07:23 AM

Hi procfs,

You want to execute line to output the number of open files per process like this

Code:

4 yum
6 http
1 vim
.
.

Or like this

Code:

[root@router scripts]# ps aux | grep -i yum | wc -l
2
[root@router scripts]# ps aux | grep -i vim | wc -l
4

linuxzilla.com · 07-01-2013, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eahmedshendy

Hi procfs,

You want to execute line to output the number of open files per process like this

Code:

4 yum
6 http
1 vim
.
.

Or like this

Code:

[root@router scripts]# ps aux | grep -i yum | wc -l
2
[root@router scripts]# ps aux | grep -i vim | wc -l
4

Wawoo, thanks, I didn't know that before & I'll definitely save these commands with me. I think that command ps aux | grep -i vim | wc -l will bring more cooler results.

unSpawn · 07-02-2013, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by procfs

Hi, I know this is a dumb question

I am trying to find the number of open files per process

Definitely not a dumb question!

Quote:

Originally Posted by eahmedshendy

Code:

[root@router scripts]# ps aux | grep -i yum | wc -l

Sorry, that's nice but it's wrong. Actually the OP already gave the clue:

Code:

_lsof() { [ $# -eq 1 ] && lsof -Pwln -a -d '^cwd' -a -p $(pgrep -d, $1) -Fi|sort -u|wc -l || echo "${FUNCNAME}: wrong."; }

Here, let me clarify:

Code:

 ~]# cmd1() { \ps aux|grep -i httpd|wc -l; }
 ~]# time cmd1
7

real    0m0.026s
user    0m0.015s
sys     0m0.016s

 ~]# cmd2() { lsof -Pwln -a -d '^cwd' -a -p $(pgrep -d, httpd) -Fi|sort -u|wc -l; }
 ~]# time cmd2
79

real    0m0.082s
user    0m0.016s
sys     0m0.072s

procfs · 07-04-2013, 05:20 AM

Hi Thank you Guys for the reply, but I am bit confused about the command that unSpawn has mentioned

Kind Regards

Madhu Desai · 07-04-2013, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by procfs

Hi, I know this is a dumb question

I am trying to find the number of open files per process, and I found few commands but each gives deferrent values. below are the commands
ls /proc/<pid>/fd/*
and
lsof -p <PID>
Can some one tell me what I am doing wrong or am I reading the out put wrong
Thanks and Best Regards

I think its a valid question. I always used lsof whenever I was unable to unmount file system, so that I could see what files are still used by that file system. I never used /proc/<pid>/fd.

So it seems, both lsof and /proc/<pid>/fd bring different results for same pid.

I did little search in internet and it seems the difference between output from lsof and /proc/<pid>/fd/ are because lsof also displays other file descriptors and memory mapped .so files, which are mapped at /proc/<pid>/maps.

Code:

$ pidof firefox
3093

$ lsof -p 3093
COMMAND  PID  USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF     NODE NAME
firefox 3093 madhu  cwd    DIR              253,3     4096  2883585 /home/madhu
firefox 3093 madhu  rtd    DIR              253,1     4096        2 /
firefox 3093 madhu  txt    REG              253,1    94072   661414 /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox
firefox 3093 madhu  mem    REG              253,1   156872   661248 /lib64/ld-2.12.so
firefox 3093 madhu  mem    REG              253,1    22536   661252 /lib64/libdl-2.12.so
firefox 3093 madhu  mem    REG              253,1  1922152   661249 /lib64/libc-2.12.so
firefox 3093 madhu  mem    REG              253,1   145720   661250 /lib64/libpthread-2.12.so
firefox 3093 madhu  mem    REG              253,1   598680   661283 /lib64/libm-2.12.so
firefox 3093 madhu  mem    REG              253,1    47064   661251 /lib64/librt-2.12.so
<TRUNCATED>

$ lsof -p 3093 | grep -v '^COMMAND' | wc -l
303

$ ls -l /proc/3093/fd/*
lr-x------. 1 madhu madhu 64 Jul  4 11:17 /proc/3093/fd/0 -> /dev/null
lrwx------. 1 madhu madhu 64 Jul  4 11:17 /proc/3093/fd/1 -> /home/madhu/.xsession-errors
lrwx------. 1 madhu madhu 64 Jul  4 11:17 /proc/3093/fd/10 -> pipe:[20623]
lrwx------. 1 madhu madhu 64 Jul  4 16:37 /proc/3093/fd/101 -> /home/madhu/.mozilla/firefox/yu5ujt41.default/downloads.sqlite
lrwx------. 1 madhu madhu 64 Jul  4 16:37 /proc/3093/fd/102 -> socket:[42045]
lrwx------. 1 madhu madhu 64 Jul  4 11:17 /proc/3093/fd/11 -> socket:[20624]
lrwx------. 1 madhu madhu 64 Jul  4 11:17 /proc/3093/fd/12 -> /home/madhu/.mozilla/firefox/yu5ujt41.default/.parentlock
lrwx------. 1 madhu madhu 64 Jul  4 11:17 /proc/3093/fd/13 -> anon_inode:[eventpoll]
lrwx------. 1 madhu madhu 64 Jul  4 11:17 /proc/3093/fd/14 -> socket:[20630]
lrwx------. 1 madhu madhu 64 Jul  4 11:17 /proc/3093/fd/15 -> socket:[20631]
<TRUNCATED>

$ ls -l /proc/3093/fd/* | wc -l
79

So, as you can see lsof counts to 303, while /proc//fd counts to 79

Here is the list of File Descriptors

Quote:

cwd - current working directory
Lnn - library references (AIX)
err - FD information error (see NAME column)
jld - jail directory (FreeBSD)
ltx - shared library text (code and data)
Mxx - hex memory-mapped type number xx
m86 - DOS Merge mapped file
mem - memory-mapped file
mmap - memory-mapped device
pd - parent directory
rtd - root directory
tr - kernel trace file (OpenBSD)
txt - program text (code and data)
v86 - VP/ix mapped file

I put the File Descriptors in a file, and when used with grep, both are almost same now.

Code:

$ cat fds
cwd
Lnn
err
jld
ltx
Mxx
m86
mem
mmap
pd
rtd
tr
txt
v86

$ lsof -p 3093 | grep -v '^COMMAND' | grep -ivf fds | wc -l
84

$ ls -l /proc/3093/fd/* | wc -l
79

Almost Equal!!!

justjustin · 07-05-2013, 01:46 PM

This is some great info! Never knew pidof existed.

procfs · 07-09-2013, 04:27 AM

Hi this is great thank you mddesai, and for all for replying

Best Regards