check if port is occupied mac code example

Example 1: mac terminal find process by port

sudo lsof -i tcp:3000

Example 2: kill all ports mac

lsof -n -i TCP:8080
COMMAND   PID   USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
node     54762   user   23u  IPv4 XXXXXXXXX      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:http-alt (LISTEN)
PID // is second field in the response . Then, kill that process:

kill -9 54762 // here put PID number found on the table 54762

Example 3: check all the ports in use mac

$ npx kill-port 3000 8080 8081

Process on port 3000 killed
Process on port 8080 killed
Process on port 8081 killed

Example 4: killing a port mac

kill -9 <PID>