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NAME

     sockstat - list open sockets

SYNOPSIS

     sockstat [-clh] [-p ports] [-P pid|process] [-U uid|user] [-G gid|group]

DESCRIPTION

     The sockstat command lists open Internet or UNIX domain sockets.

     The following options are available:

     -c          Show connected sockets.

     -l          Show listening sockets.

     -h          Show a usage summary.

     -p ports    Only show Internet sockets if either the local or foreign
                 port number is on the specified list.  The ports argument is
                 a comma-separated list of port numbers and ranges specified
                 as first and last port separated by a dash.

     -P pid|process
                 Only show sockets of the specified pid|process.  The
                 pid|process argument is a process name or pid.

     -U uid|user
                 Only show sockets of the specified uid|user.  The uid|user
                 argument is a username or uid.

     -G gid|group
                 Only show sockets of the specified gid|group.  The gid|group
                 argument is a groupname or gid.

     If neither -c or -l is specified, sockstat will list both listening and
     connected sockets.

     The information listed for each socket is:

     USER             The user who owns the socket.

     COMMAND          The command which holds the socket.

     PID              The process ID of the command which holds the socket.

     FD               The file descriptor number of the socket.

     PROTO            The transport protocol associated with the socket for
                      Internet sockets, or the type of socket (stream or
                      datagram) for UNIX sockets.

     LOCAL ADDRESS    For Internet sockets, this is the address the local end
                      of the socket is bound to (see getsockname(2)).  For
                      bound UNIX sockets, it is the socket’s filename.  For
                      other UNIX sockets, it is a right arrow followed by the
                      endpoint’s filename, or “??” if the endpoint could not
                      be determined.

     FOREIGN ADDRESS  (Internet sockets only) The address the foreign end of
                      the socket is bound to (see getpeername(2)).

SEE ALSO

     netstat(1), protocols(5)

HISTORY

     The sockstat command appeared in FreeBSD 3.1.

AUTHORS

     The sockstat command and this manual page were written by Dag-Erling
     Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>.

     The sockstat command was ported to Linux by William Pitcock
     <nenolod@nenolod.net>.