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It displays the PIDs of processes using the specified file systems or socket.
In the default display mode, each file name is followed by a letter denoting
the type of access:

Work Example:

# fuser -m -u /mnt/usb2

/mnt/usb2:   1547c(root)  1548c(guido)  1549c(guido)

To kill all processes accessing the directory
 /home/teena/bindir without confirmation, please use the following command: 

#fuser -k /home/teena/bindir

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