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title: pfiles / lsof
description: To examine the set of files that a process is using (including special types of files, like sockets), you can use a tool such as lsof on Linux systems. For example:
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# pfiles / lsof

To examine the set of files that a process is using (including special types of files, like sockets), you can use a tool such as `lsof` on Linux systems. For example:

```
lsof -p  <processID>
```