Commands by d4n3sh (3)

  • List all files opened by a particular command

    List all file opened by a particular command based on it's command name. Show Sample Output


    25
    lsof -c dhcpd
    d4n3sh · 2009-04-17 07:18:38 11
  • List files opened by a PID

    Lis all files opened by a particular process id. "PID" Show Sample Output


    6
    lsof -p 15857
    d4n3sh · 2009-04-17 07:16:03 5
  • Get the IP address of a machine. Just the IP, no junk.


    3
    /sbin/ifconfig -a | awk '/(cast)/ { print $2 }' | cut -d':' -f2 | head -1
    d4n3sh · 2009-04-15 06:44:18 16

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