Lsmod Command in Linux | Linux Today

Lsmod Command in Linux

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Feb 5, 2020

lsmod is a simple utility that does not accept any options or arguments. What the command does is that it reads /proc/modules and display the file contents in a nicely formatted list.

Run lsmod at the command line to find out what kernel modules are currently loaded

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