snippetbashTip

needrestart — Check which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades. More information: <https://manned.o

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

Viewed 0 times

commandneedrestartclineedcheckwhichrestarteddaemons

linux

Problem

How to use the needrestart command: Check which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades. More information: <https://manned.org/needrestart>.

Solution

needrestart — Check which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades. More information: <https://manned.org/needrestart>.

List outdated processes:

needrestart

Interactively restart services:

sudo needrestart

List outdated processes in [v]erbose or [q]uiet mode:

needrestart -{{v|q}}

Check if the [k]ernel is outdated:

needrestart -k

Check if the CPU microcode is outdated:

needrestart -w

List outdated processes in [b]atch mode:

needrestart -b

List outdated processed using a specific [c]onfiguration file:

needrestart -c {{path/to/config}}

Display help:

needrestart --help

Code Snippets

List outdated processes

needrestart

Interactively restart services

sudo needrestart

List outdated processes in [v]erbose or [q]uiet mode

needrestart -{{v|q}}

Check if the [k]ernel is outdated

needrestart -k

Check if the CPU microcode is outdated

needrestart -w

Context

tldr-pages: linux/needrestart

Revisions (0)

No revisions yet.