redhat man page for lsmod

LSMOD(8)						       Linux Module Support							  LSMOD(8)

NAME
       lsmod - list loaded modules.

SYNOPSIS
       lsmod [-hV]

DESCRIPTION
       lsmod shows information about all loaded modules.

       The  format  is name, size, use count, list of referring modules.  The information displayed is identical to that available from /proc/mod-
       ules.

       If the module controls its own unloading via a can_unload routine then the user count displayed by lsmod is always -1, irrespective of  the
       real use count.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	      Display a summary of options and immediately exit.

       -V, --version
	      Display the version of lsmod and immediately exit.

SEE ALSO
       insmod(8), modprobe(8), depmod(8), rmmod(8), ksyms(8)

HISTORY
       Module support was first conceived by Anonymous
       Initial Linux version by Bas Laarhoven <bas@vimec.nl>
       Version 0.99.14 by Jon Tombs <jon@gtex02.us.es>
       Extended by Bjorn Ekwall <bj0rn@blox.se>
       Updated for 2.1.17 by Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>
       Updated by Bjorn Ekwall <bj0rn@blox.se> in March 1999

Linux								 February 4, 2002							  LSMOD(8)