how to check if something is running on a port in Mac code example
Example 1: list used ports on mac
sudo lsof -PiTCP -sTCP:LISTEN
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
GitHub 850 grgarside 6u IPv4 0x23c345381d089301 0t0 TCP localhost:25035 (LISTEN)
Example 2: running ports in mac
sudo lsof -PiTCP -sTCP:LISTEN