# Find what owns port 8080
lsof -ti :8080 # just PIDs (good for piping)
lsof -i :8080 # full info (PID, user, command, etc.)
# Same with ss (no lsof install needed on modern distros)
ss -tlnp 'sport = :8080'
# Kill whoever holds it
kill "$(lsof -ti :8080)" # SIGTERM
kill -9 "$(lsof -ti :8080)" # SIGKILL (use only if SIGTERM ignored)
# Helper
killport() {
local pids
pids="$(lsof -ti ":$1")" || { echo "Nothing on port $1"; return 1; }
kill "$pids"
echo "killed PIDs: $pids"
}
killport 3000
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