What are the applications of the fuser command in Linux?
- Find out which processes are currently occupying the specified file or directory.
- Forcefully terminate the processes that are occupying the specified files or directories.
- Check the process usage of specified files or directories, including the process ID and process name.
- View the process occupancy status of a specified file or directory, including the process ID and process name, and display the access permissions of the occupied file.
- View the process usage of a specified file or directory, including the process ID and process name, and display the access mode of the occupied file.
- fuser can also search for volume names of mounted file systems.
- “fuser can also search to see if related device files are being used.”
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