fuser

Shows processes using files, sockets, or mount points

Ubuntu CentOS Debian SUSE Fedora RHEL Arch Alpine

Verified: 2026-05-13

Syntax

$fuser [options] FILE|SOCKET

Optionen

-v

-k

-n

-m

Examples

$fuser /var/log/syslog

$fuser -v /dev/sda1

$fuser -k 8080/tcp