ofl(1)

✨ ofl — open file lister ✨

okay so bestie, this is a page from the hxtools manual — section 1, commands, iykyk 💅 — and it's about a lil tool called ofl. she's giving "who's touching my files" energy and honestly? iconic.

🌸 SYNTAX 🌸

ofl [-P] [-k signalspec] path[...]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. paths, plural, you can pass so many 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ofl lists all the processes that have directories or files open or in use within path. like, every single one. no cap.

and bonus feature bestie — it can also send a signal to those processes, which is lowkey the whole point if you're trying to free up a mountpoint, for example. 😌

💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -k signalspec — send the given signal to all processes that match. girlboss move tbh.
• -P — show only the PIDs</> of the processes that matched. no extra noise, just numbers. minimalist queen. 👑

🌈 DIFFERENCES TO lsof/fuser 🌈

this is the part where ofl ate and left no crumbs:

• lsof /home/user and fuser /home/user would not list processes that have a descriptor open on /home/user/subdir. 💀 like, they just wouldn't. embarrassing for them honestly.
• fuser -m /home/subdir would automatically go down to the root of a vfsmount (e.g. /home) and list all processes, instead of limiting to /home/subdir. that's giving "oversharing" energy fr fr — ofl stays in its lane 🧚

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

hxtools(7)

go read it bestie, it's the whole family 🎀

k so that's the page!! written by the hxtools girlies, dated 2008-11-01 — a classic, a legend, an absolute era 👑✨ mwah, bye!! 💖