Translation into plain:
\vsize=30cm 1 \saveimageresource{example-image.pdf}\hbox{\useimageresource\lastsavedimageresourceindex} 2 \saveimageresource{example-image-a.pdf}\hbox{\useimageresource\lastsavedimageresourceindex} 3 \saveimageresource{example-image-b.pdf}\hbox{\useimageresource\lastsavedimageresourceindex} \directlua{ os.execute("lsof | grep latex | grep example") } \bye untested as I don't have lsof here, it seems.