stop process on port code example

Example 1: kill process on port

#To list any process listening to the port 8080:
lsof -i:8080

#To kill any process listening to the port 8080:
kill $(lsof -t -i:8080)

#or more violently:
kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:8080)

Example 2: kill process on port windows

netstat -ano | findstr "PORT_NUMBER"

taskkill /PID PORT_NUMBER /f

Example 3: kill service by port number on windows

taskkill /F /PID PORT_NUMBER

Example 4: stop port

kill -9 $(sudo lsof -t -i:'portName')
//Ex. if portname is 3000
//then we will execute "kill -9 $(sudo lsof -t -i:3000)"

Example 5: stop task on port

npx kill-port 8080

Example 6: stop localhost server

netstat -ano | findstr :yourPortNumber
tskill typeyourPIDhere