netstat -b

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netstat -b

Is anyone aware of a way of getting the equivalent of "netstat -b" (Windows XP Pro) which lists the binaries associated with their respective ports?
Sample result:
C:\>netstat -b
TCP wxp10168:2786 eg-www.apple.com:http ESTABLISHED 1688
[FIREFOX.EXE]
C:\>

Thanks,
-Jav

Macbook Pro 17, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Sep 8, 2006 9:24 AM

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Answer 1

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Nathan Pangburn

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Sep 8, 2006 9:25 AM in response to jsanchez157

There may be other ways to do this, but I always use:

lsof -i

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Answer 2

Sep 8, 2006 10:56 AM in response to jsanchez157

Hi Jav,
There is a netstat command on OS X but it doesn't show the process monitoring the port. As Nathan says, lsof is the ticket. However, when invoked as a regular user, lsof only lists processes owned by that user. In order to check all ports, the command should be run as root via sudo.
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Gary
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BYTE, BYTE, BYTE !!!

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Answer 3

Sep 8, 2006 11:23 AM in response to Gary Kerbaugh

Thanks for the clarification, Gary. It may have been confusing to Jav if he did not realize that small, yet very important distinction! 🙂

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