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Kill Process Using Port

Tested on mac.

Nuclear

Assuming you know the command name, own the process, and want to kill them all.

$ killall node

Specific Process

Based on: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3855127

Find PID from port (e.g. 5000)

$ lsof -i tcp:5000

COMMAND   PID            USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
node    82240 davidlivingston   11u  IPv6 0x136079696e382719      0t0  TCP *:commplex-main (LISTEN)

Kill PID (e.g. 82240)

$ kill 82240

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