How find out which process is using a file in Linux

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I tried to remove a file in Linux using rm -rf file name  but got the error   rm  file name not removed   Text file busy   How can I find out which process is using this file

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lsof   tree MyFold  As shown in the image attached

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jim s answer is correct -- fuser is what you want   Additionally  or alternately   you can use lsof to get more information including the username  in case you need permission  without having to run an additional command  to kill the process    THough of course  if killing the process is what you want  fuser can do that with its -k option   You can have fuser use other signals with the -s option -- check the man page for details    For example  with a tail -F  etc passwd running in one window   ghoti pc    lsof   grep passwd tail      12470    ghoti    3r      REG  251 0     2037 51515911  etc passwd   Note that you can also use lsof to find out what processes are using particular sockets   An excellent tool to have in your arsenal

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You can use the fuser command  like   fuser file name   You will receive a list of processes using the file    You can use different flags with it  in order to receive a more detailed output    You can find more info in the fuser s Wikipedia article  or in the man pages

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