From: Masatake YAMATO Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2021 06:58:38 +0000 (+0900) Subject: lsfd: (adoc) update DESCRIPTION X-Git-Tag: v2.38-rc1~144^2~65 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=46c62e47feab0264d13d24c073fd8685381fda6a;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git lsfd: (adoc) update DESCRIPTION Signed-off-by: Masatake YAMATO --- diff --git a/misc-utils/lsfd.1.adoc b/misc-utils/lsfd.1.adoc index d4a8dc128d..92e81fec07 100644 --- a/misc-utils/lsfd.1.adoc +++ b/misc-utils/lsfd.1.adoc @@ -21,7 +21,14 @@ lsfd - list file descriptors == DESCRIPTION -*lsfd* is intended to be a drop-in replacement for *lsof*(8) on Linux systems. It uses Libsmartcols for output formatting. +*lsfd* is intended to be a modern replacement for *lsof*(8) on Linux systems. +Unlike *lsof*, *lsfd* is specialized to Linux kernel; it supports Linux +specific features like namespaces with simpler code. However, it is not a +drop-in replacement for *lsof*; they are different in the command line +interface and output formats. + +*lsfd* uses Libsmartcols for output formatting. See the description of *--output* +option for customizing. == OPTIONS