Here is a small command line util that I have used many times. It will show a list of open files on a linux system. I have used this command to check for things like open ftp connections, large file copies and even database files open.
To get a list of open files on the system
Log in as root then type the following at a command promptlsof
To get a count of the number of open files
lsof | wc -l
To search for a particular file you can add grep to the command
lsof | grep filetoseachfor.txt
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