---
name: "lsmod"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "modutils"
version: "2.1.121-18"
release: "Debian 2.1 (Slink)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lsmod"
---

# lsmod(1)

list loaded modules.

## NAME

lsmod - list loaded modules.

## SYNOPSIS

**lsmod**

## DESCRIPTION

**Lsmod** shows information about all loaded modules.

The format is name, size, use count, list of referring modules.  The information displayed is identical to that available from /proc/modules.

## SEE ALSO

[insmod(1)](/insmod/1.md), [modprobe(1)](/modprobe/1.md), [depmod(1)](/depmod/1.md), [rmmod(1)](/rmmod/1.md), [ksyms(1)](/ksyms/1.md), [modules(2)](/modules/2.md)

## HISTORY

Module support was first concieved by Anonymous\
 Initial Linux version by Bas Laarhoven \<bas@vimec.nl\>\
 Version 0.99.14 by Jon Tombs \<jon@gtex02.us.es\>\
 Extended by Bjorn Ekwall \<bj0rn@blox.se\>\
 Updated for 2.1.17 by Richard Henderson \<rth@tamu.edu\>