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Lists all listening ports together with the PID of the associated process

Terminal - Lists all listening ports together with the PID of the associated process
netstat -tlnp
2009-02-15 14:20:25
User: fulat2k
Functions: netstat
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Lists all listening ports together with the PID of the associated process

The PID will only be printed if you're holding a root equivalent ID.

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lsof -Pan -i tcp -i udp
2010-06-07 15:22:44
User: atoponce
Tags: netstat lsof
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Lists all listening ports together with the PID of the associated process

This command is more portable than it's cousin netstat. It works well on all the BSDs, GNU/Linux, AIX and Mac OS X. You won't find lsof by default on Solaris or HPUX by default, but packages exist around the web for installation, if needed, and the command works as shown. This is the most portable command I can find that lists listening ports and their associated pid.

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netstat -plnt
2011-09-30 19:56:32
User: DopeGhoti
Functions: netstat
Tags: netstat lsof networking
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check open ports (both ipv4 and ipv6)

While `lsof` will work, why not use the tool designed explicitly for this job?

(If not run as root, you will only see the names of PID you own)

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netstat -nptl
2009-12-11 10:23:43
User: sputnick
Functions: netstat
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List all TCP opened ports on localhost in LISTEN mode

Alternative of OJM snippet :

This one show the IP too, where ports bind. It's very important, because if there's only 127.0.0.1 instead of 0.0.0.0, connections from internet are rejected.

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netstat -anpe
2011-12-06 18:27:09
User: anarcat
Functions: netstat
Tags: Network status diagnostic
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Lists all listening ports together with the PID of the associated process

Lists all opened sockets (not only listeners), no DNS resolution (so it's fast), the process id and the user holding the socket.

Previous samples were limiting to TCP too, this also lists UDP listeners.

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netstat -tunlp
2010-06-07 13:26:05
User: ender_x
Functions: netstat
Tags: netstat
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Lists all listening ports together with the PID of the associated process

Shows you all listening tcp/udp ports, and what program has them open(depending on rights)

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What others think

BSD equivalent:

sockstat -l4

(that's a small L)

Comment by lme 221 weeks and 4 days ago

for german users there is a simple way to remember a similar command:

netstat -tulpen

(tulpen = tulips in german)

Comment by Hollow 219 weeks ago

I prefer:

netstat -paten

also easy to remember :-) and gives not only listening ports, but also running processes and their owning users

p.s. mnemonic of course is

netstat -patent

but 2nd t is simply redundant

Comment by vleolml 214 weeks and 1 day ago

Following will also show UDP sockets:

netstat -tulnp
Comment by realist 200 weeks ago

lsof -Pan -i tcp -i udp

Comment by solarislackware 184 weeks and 5 days ago

not for OS-X :(

Comment by ab 173 weeks ago

In OS-X I am using a little script: http://gist.github.com/330338

Comment by nuxlli 170 weeks and 4 days ago

the switches in this command are gnu-specific. likely, the gnu netstat won't be running on any other operating systems than linux-based ones. a better utility that is more portable is lsof, as @solarislackware pointed out.

Comment by atoponce 158 weeks and 1 day ago

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