needrestart

Check which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades.

• List outdated processes: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• List outdated processes in [v]erbose or [q]uiet mode: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• Check if the [k]ernel is outdated: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• Check if the CPU microcode is outdated: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• List outdated processes in [b]atch mode: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• List outdated processed using a specific [c]onfiguration file: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

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