How to close rogue file descriptors?

From: Kyndig (kyndig_at_unixpowered.org)
Date: 09/09/03

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    Date: 9 Sep 2003 07:34:52 -0700

    Let's say a program opens a bunch of file handles and then dies
    non-gracefully, leaving this(on a linux box):

    bash-2.05$ /sbin/sysctl fs.file-nr
    fs.file-nr = 65536 64352 65536

    I was under the impression that when a process dies, all descriptors
    are freed by the kernel; but I must be wrong. Is there a way to close
    all those file descriptors without rebooting?

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