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systemctl list-sockets — List active socket units currently in memory, ordered by listening address. See also: `systemctl lis

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Problem

How to use the systemctl list-sockets command: List active socket units currently in memory, ordered by listening address. See also: systemctl list-units, systemctl list-unit-files. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemctl.html#list-sockets%20PATTERN%E2%80%A6>.

Solution

systemctl list-sockets — List active socket units currently in memory, ordered by listening address. See also: systemctl list-units, systemctl list-unit-files. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemctl.html#list-sockets%20PATTERN%E2%80%A6>.

List active socket units currently in memory:

systemctl list-sockets

List active socket units with their socket types:

systemctl list-sockets --show-types

List all socket units, including inactive and failed ones:

systemctl list-sockets {{[-a|--all]}}

List socket units filtered by state:

systemctl list-sockets --state {{active|inactive|failed|...}}

List socket units matching a name pattern:

systemctl list-sockets {{pattern1 pattern2 ...}}

Code Snippets

List active socket units currently in memory

systemctl list-sockets

List active socket units with their socket types

systemctl list-sockets --show-types

List all socket units, including inactive and failed ones

systemctl list-sockets {{[-a|--all]}}

List socket units filtered by state

systemctl list-sockets --state {{active|inactive|failed|...}}

List socket units matching a name pattern

systemctl list-sockets {{pattern1 pattern2 ...}}

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