needs-restarting(1)

needs-restarting1

Report running processes which should be restarted

Usage

needs-restarting [OPTIONS]

Overview

List running processes which might still use files and libraries deleted or updated by recent upgrades. They should be restarted to benefit from the latest updates.

Options

-h, --help

Display a help message and exit.

-r, --reboothint

Only report whether a full reboot is required (returns 1) or not (returns 0).

-s, --services

List the affected systemd services only.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

From zypper 1.14.102-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.