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- UnixTools. Lists open files.
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- * [http://dmiessler.com/study/nix/commands/lsof/ dmiessler piece on lsof]
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- Scenario: You have a limited timeframe in which to make a mix CD. A couple of the songs you want to use are available to you only on an iPod. You're borrowing a Mac and an iTunes installation, so you don't just want to do a wholesale import into iTunes of all those randomly named files in the hidden data directory on the iPod. Quick, how do you identify just the files you need?
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- This sounds contrived, and I don't doubt there are a bunch of tools out there to deal cleanly with the iPod filesystem/db, but I had this come up yesterday and thought gosh, I wonder if lsof is available on the Mac. Sure enough,
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- lsof | egrep 'm(p3|4a|4p)'
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- lsof | grep 'mp3'
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- while playing a track off a connected iPod will give you what you're looking for.
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- Of course, this kind of thing wouldn't be necessary if Apple were in the business of treating their customers like adults.
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