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/usr/bin/filan

Multipurpose relay for binary protocols

From socat 1.8.1.3-r4 (os), captured 2026-11-10 by running filan --help (exit 1). permalink

2026/11/10 14:00:12 filan[2] E unknown option --help
filan by Gerhard Rieger and contributors - see http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
Analyze file descriptors of the process
Usage:
filan [options]
   options:
      -?|-h          print this help text
      -d             increase verbosity (use up to 4 times)
      -i<fdnum>      only analyze this fd
      -n<fdnum>      analyze all fds from 0 up to fdnum-1 (default: 1024)
      -s             simple output with just type and socket address or path
      -S             like -s but improved format and contents
      -f<filename>   analyze file system entry
      -T<seconds>    wait before analyzing, useful to connect with debugger
      -r             raw output for time stamps and rdev
      -L             follow symbolic links instead of showing their properties
      -W             after printing FDs info, wait and reprint info on SIGWINCH
      -o<filename>   output goes to filename, that can be:
                     a regular file name, the output goes to that
                     +<filedes> , output goes to the file descriptor (which must be open writable)
                     the 3 special names stdin stdout and stderr
Options (11)
OptionDescriptionSource
-dincrease verbosity (use up to 4 times)help
-i fdnumonly analyze this fdhelp
-n fdnumanalyze all fds from 0 up to fdnum-1 (default: 1024)help
-ssimple output with just type and socket address or pathhelp
-Slike -s but improved format and contentshelp
-f filenameanalyze file system entryhelp
-T secondswait before analyzing, useful to connect with debuggerhelp
-rraw output for time stamps and rdevhelp
-Lfollow symbolic links instead of showing their propertieshelp
-Wafter printing FDs info, wait and reprint info on SIGWINCHhelp
-o filenameoutput goes to filename, that can be: a regular file name, the output goes to that +<filedes> , output goes to the file descriptor (which must be open writable) the 3 special names stdin stdout and…help

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