Find processes based on port number and kill them all.
ps -efl | grep PORT_NUMBER | kill -9 process_found_previously
how to complete the last column?
Find processes based on port number and kill them all. ps -efl | grep
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Find processes based on port number and kill them all.
ps -efl | grep PORT_NUMBER | kill -9 process_found_previously
how to complete the last column?
The problem with
ps -efl | grep PORT_NUMBERis thatPORT_NUMBERmay match other columns in the output ofpsas well (date, time, pid, …). A potential killing spree if run by root!I would do this instead :
Breakdown of command
lsof -i tcp:${PORT_NUMBER}) — list all processes that is listening on that tcp portawk 'NR!=1 {print $2}') — ignore first line, print second column of each linexargs kill) — pass on the results as an argument tokill. There may be several.