How to count of open files by a user in linux

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Is their any specific command to count of open files (nofile) by a user in linux?

Open a terminal, type the command `man lsof`. – Some programmer dude Aug 16 '17 at 13:33 — Some programmer dude, Aug 16 '17 at 13:33

Prabhakaran Ravichandran · Answer 1 · 2017-08-16T14:41:53.753

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lsof -u root | awk '{print $NF}' | sort | wc -l

edited Aug 16 '17 at 14:41

answered Aug 16 '17 at 13:36

You can drop the grep by using `lsof -u root`, and since you're only outputting a count (and not making it unique) the awk and sort are also unneeded. – Hasturkun Aug 16 '17 at 14:18

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