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Old 01-02-2010
Number of files currently opened in linux
Hello, How do i check number of files currently opening in the linux server? Your help is highly appreciated. Thank you

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never mind!! I got it.

---------- Post updated at 02:44 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:43 PM ----------

never mind!! I got it.
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Old 01-02-2010
what you got ?

Share the answer also here.
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Old 01-03-2010
lsof will do
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Old 01-03-2010
Indeed @ lsof.

lsof|wc -l should produce a listing of all open file handles.
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