lsof

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I'm looking to list all of the files open at a certain time up on a UNIX box.

From looking on the internet, it looks as though lsof is the most common.
However have tried this and got the following:

ksh: lsof: not found

Now having gone into bash mode and hit tab twice I see that lsof isn't a command that is available to me on this particular UNIX box.

Does anyone know of another way to list all of the files open on a unix box.

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see if you have fuser:

which fuser
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lsof is a package that you have to add .you can download the file from internet as per your server .
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Place it in any directory (e.g. /root/software/lsof)

  1. Go to that directory. Run the gunzip command (gunzip lsof-4.77-sol10-x86-local.gz)

  2. Do a pkgadd (pkgadd -d lsof-4.77-sol10-x86-local)

  3. It will show you something like the following :

root # pkgadd -d lsof-4.77-sol10-x86-local

The following packages are available: 1 SMClsof lsof (x86) 4.77

Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:

Press enter (for default value all)

  1. If in later stage it asks you whether or not to install some of the conflicting files, you may select yes.

  2. The lsof utility is now ready to use.

  3. Test it by running the command lsof

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Since we dont know what OS, Jim's advice is still the best bet...
lsof in an open source tool, you can find binaries for most UNIX to download...