How to kill a process on a port on ubuntu

Question

I am trying to kill a process in the command line for a specific port in ubuntu.

If I run this command I get the port:

sudo lsof -t -i:9001

so...now I want to run:

sudo kill 'sudo lsof -t -i:9001'

I get this error message:

ERROR: garbage process ID "lsof -t -i:9001".
Usage:
  kill pid ...              Send SIGTERM to every process listed.
  kill signal pid ...       Send a signal to every process listed.
  kill -s signal pid ...    Send a signal to every process listed.
  kill -l                   List all signal names.
  kill -L                   List all signal names in a nice table.
  kill -l signal            Convert between signal numbers and names.

I tried sudo kill 'lsof -t -i:9001' as well

FYI, Ubuntu questions have better chance of being answered on the Ubuntu part of the StackExchange (StackOverflow) network: http://askubuntu.com — JScoobyCed, Feb 19 '12 at 03:06
Honestly, you should use fuser, as it is very simple, but whatever. — CrazyVideoGamez, Feb 02 '21 at 16:11

score 1207 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 03 '19 at 02:58

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You want to use backtick not regular tick:

sudo kill -9 `sudo lsof -t -i:9001`

If that doesn't work you could also use $() for command interpolation:

sudo kill -9 $(sudo lsof -t -i:9001)

edited Sep 03 '19 at 02:58

Tanya Branagan

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answered Feb 19 '12 at 02:47

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You forgot to add the signal option. Should read: `sudo kill -9 $(sudo lsof -t -i:9001)` – Francesco Gramano May 18 '15 at 04:18
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@FrancescoGramano: you don't want to use -9 unless you have to. – zellio Jun 01 '15 at 16:55
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when `sudo kill` can't kill the process, @putra.koreng 's method works well – Fangxin Dec 15 '17 at 01:07
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if above is not working then try this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/50515868/9339242 – Arayan Singh May 24 '18 at 18:29
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Is this OS independent or linux specific? If Linux specific then, even this command works `os.system("fuser -k 8080/tcp");` – Ridhuvarshan Jul 25 '18 at 12:04
This closes my browser entirely https://stackoverflow.com/a/19621849/4579897 works – Winnipass Jan 18 '19 at 14:50
`sudo fuser 9001/tcp -k` in case the above command does not work for you. – Armin Jul 23 '19 at 19:18
Edited and added the signal option. – Tanya Branagan Sep 02 '19 at 16:49
You may want to run the inner part (i.e. `sudo lsof -t -i:9001`) to check to see what processes are returned. For me, it returned PIDs for both the server _and_ clients, which is probably what happened to @AdamWinnipass. – webelo Sep 23 '19 at 10:26
sudo kill -9 `sudo lsof -t -i:8000` – Ashish Sahu Aug 25 '20 at 17:12
@zellio awesome!!!!! – MD Alauddin Al-Amin Nov 30 '20 at 15:10
Does not work anymore. Only comes up with a help command for both commands – Epic Speedy Mar 28 '21 at 17:31
yeah this worked, Thanks alot – Nayana Chandran May 05 '21 at 07:30

score 303 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 11 '13 at 19:57

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you can use

fuser -n tcp -k 9001

see more details in wikipedia

edited Dec 11 '13 at 19:57

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answered Oct 27 '13 at 18:35

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If not root: sudo fuser -n tcp -k 9001 – JLavoie Jan 11 '16 at 00:19

score 105 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 18 '21 at 19:36

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FOR UBUNTU 1- Find what application/process is using the pro, type:

sudo netstat -lpn |grep :8080

and press Enter.

You will get an output similar to this one

tcp6       0      0 :::8080                 :::*                    LISTEN      6782/java

2- I have got the process Id, which is 6782, now this is the process that is using port 8080.

3- Kill the process, type: kill -p 6782

kill -p 6782

edited Jan 18 '21 at 19:36

CrazyVideoGamez

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answered May 01 '15 at 10:39

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Short and Crisp reply – Vikas Kukreti May 03 '15 at 17:17
Could you please write out how you are using the above command? – Mohit Singh Aug 26 '19 at 08:18
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Worked just great while commands in asnwers with more upvotes were not found on my Ubuntu 18.04 server. Thanks! – Salivan Mar 10 '20 at 09:15
This didn't work for me. even I tried to kill process with `sudo` on Ubuntu 20.04 – Muhammad Tariq Nov 26 '20 at 13:24
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@MuhammadTariq Try using kill -9 {PID} – CrazyVideoGamez Jan 17 '21 at 22:57
Step 3: reply: kill -p 6782 by: kill -9 6782 -> it work for me – Le Nguyen May 18 '21 at 11:23

score 57 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 29 '17 at 11:00

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The best way to kill a port in ubuntu terminal is fuser -k 9001/tcp

answered Sep 29 '17 at 11:00

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Worked flawlessy for me – Meet Zaveri Oct 08 '18 at 08:40
It worked for me too. This should be the accepted answer. – CodeSlave Aug 28 '19 at 10:31

User16119012 · Answer 5 · 2014-10-06T07:08:38.130

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There are some process which does not shown using normal netstat command, so you have to check it using sudo.

Do sudo netstat -lpn |grep :8080. Process running by system does not show PID, to get PID of this process you will have to run it using sudo

And then killl the process using port 8080. You may have to use sudo here as well. So to kill this process use sudo kill -9 PID

edited Oct 06 '14 at 07:08

answered May 15 '14 at 11:21

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Arayan Singh · Answer 6 · 2019-05-21T09:47:35.453

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To kill a process running on Port number 9001

sudo kill -9 $(sudo lsof -t -i:9001)


lsof   - list of files(Also used for to list related processes)

-t     - show only process ID

-i     - show only internet connections related process

:9001  - show only processes in this port number

kill   - command to kill the process

-9     - forcefully

sudo   - command to ask admin privilege(user id and password).

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answered May 24 '18 at 18:26

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valuable information, thanks – Medo Abdin May 18 '21 at 06:27

Abdennour TOUMI · Answer 7 · 2017-05-02T13:31:51.133

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Use killport command :

sh killport 9001

To Download shell ,you can use wget :

wget https://cdn.rawgit.com/abdennour/miscs.sh/e0aac343/killport

edited May 02 '17 at 13:31

answered Oct 31 '13 at 10:23

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if it is not work , that it means the target port is already closed – Abdennour TOUMI Aug 19 '14 at 11:37

score 22 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 24 '19 at 06:34

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just enter

    fuser -k -n tcp 3000

in terminal , where 3000 is your port number

answered Jul 24 '19 at 06:34

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using fuser: Show which processes use the named files, sockets, or filesystems -k: Stands for a kill -n: Netstat tcp: That is a protocol to use your port 3000: Custom port here is the link: https://askubuntu.com/questions/207609/i-cant-kill-a-port-process – Kaushik shrimali Sep 05 '19 at 06:39

score 21 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 09 '19 at 10:55

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To kill on port service in ubuntu, Enter the below command in terminal

In Terminal :

sudo fuser -k port/tcp
sudo fuser -k 8001/tcp

answered Jan 09 '19 at 10:55

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This simple one doing great. – Tri Mar 30 '19 at 07:06

score 19 · Answer 10 · answered Jul 04 '16 at 15:32

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You may also use fuser to do that (sends SIGKILL by default): sudo fuser -k 9001/tcp

answered Jul 04 '16 at 15:32

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score 11 · Answer 11 · edited Jun 28 '19 at 15:38

To kill the process based on port first we have to find out the relevant pid for given port and kill using that pid,

In my case i wanted to get the pid(process id) of 3000 port:

netstat -ltnp | grep -w '3000'

then find pid which is listening to tcp

tcp6       0      0 :::3000                 :::*                    LISTEN      29972/node

you will get pid 29972

To kill this pid use below command

kill -9 29972

pseudo code for kill process based on port

 netstat -ltnp | grep -w 'PORT'

and

kill -9 PID

score 9 · Answer 12 · edited Feb 03 '16 at 02:50

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Use this:

sudo kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:9001)

edited Feb 03 '16 at 02:50

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score 5 · Answer 13 · edited Jun 09 '17 at 07:42

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Kill PORT:

sudo is important to show process id.

$ sudo netstat -antlp | grep 45136
tcp      0      0 0.0.0.0:45136         0.0.0.0:*        LISTEN           **-** 

$ kill -9 45136

edited Jun 09 '17 at 07:42

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answered Sep 21 '16 at 09:44

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arvind · Answer 14 · 2017-05-27T11:07:02.870

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Use this for killing process which is running on port number "9001"

 kill $(lsof -t -i:9001)

edited May 27 '17 at 11:07

answered May 27 '17 at 10:20

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Redundant with other examples, including the accepted answer. – Kenster May 27 '17 at 15:21

score 5 · Answer 15 · answered Aug 11 '17 at 10:00

Use the command

 netstat -plten |grep java

used grep java as tomcat uses java as their processes.

It will show the list of processes with port number and process id

tcp6       0      0 :::8080                 :::*                    LISTEN      
1000       30070621    16085/java

the number before /java is a process id. Now use kill command to kill the process

kill -9 16085

-9 implies the process will be killed forcefully.

score 5 · Answer 16 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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sudo fuser -n tcp -k [port_number]

sudo lsof -t -i:[port_number]

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Aug 10 '19 at 06:51

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score 4 · Answer 17 · answered Aug 24 '20 at 11:14

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If I was you,I would use

fuser -k -n tcp PORT
kill -9 PID

answered Aug 24 '20 at 11:14

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score 3 · Answer 18 · answered Jun 16 '17 at 18:39

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Try this:

lsof -i :port

or 

sudo kill $(sudo lsof -t -i:8000)

or

kill -9 <pid>

or 

sh killport 8000

answered Jun 16 '17 at 18:39

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I'm on Ubuntu 17 and `kill -9 ` worked great for me! – protoEvangelion Aug 10 '17 at 21:32

score 3 · Answer 19 · answered Jun 22 '20 at 14:36

It gives me an error OSError: [Errno 98] Address already in use. using the following method solved my error in Ubuntu.(VERSION="18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver)")

$ sudo netstat -lpn |grep :5000
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5000            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      25959/uwsgi   

$ fuser -k -n tcp 5000
5000/tcp:            25959

Hope it will help someone!

score 2 · Answer 20 · answered Nov 27 '19 at 04:05

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kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:9001)

can be used to kill the process. You can use any port number instead of 9001

answered Nov 27 '19 at 04:05

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score 1 · Answer 21 · answered Mar 14 '17 at 07:42

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sudo kill `sudo lsof -t -i:9001`

you don't have to add the -9signal option

answered Mar 14 '17 at 07:42

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score 1 · Answer 22 · answered Aug 01 '18 at 09:06

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Its two steps process:

Know process id on port no. 8080 (can be any)

Kill process of that id 8689 (can be different)

fuser -n tcp 8080

#o/p 8080/tcp    8689

kill -9 8689

answered Aug 01 '18 at 09:06

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score 1 · Answer 23 · answered Oct 30 '18 at 08:49

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you can work this using node

npm install freethenport -g

then

node freethenport 9001

answered Oct 30 '18 at 08:49

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score 1 · Answer 24 · answered Apr 01 '19 at 07:15

Displays active TCP connections, ports on which the computer is listening.

netstat -tupln

It will list you all the connection along pid. Find and copy the pid and run the following command. Make sure you replace the with actual id in the following command.

kill -9 <copied pid>

-9 use to forcefully kill the connection.

score 1 · Answer 25 · answered Apr 21 '19 at 07:49

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Try sudo fuser PORT/tcp -k Replace PORT with the port you want to kill, for example 80

answered Apr 21 '19 at 07:49

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score 1 · Answer 26 · edited Jan 20 '21 at 09:47

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xargs can be a very useful command.

You can pipe commands like this

lsof -t -i :9001 | xargs sudo kill

What it does: it takes the output from the first command, in this case the process running on port, and will pass it to sudo kill.

edited Jan 20 '21 at 09:47

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score -1 · Answer 27 · answered Aug 07 '20 at 07:17

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the below command will kill your running port

sudo kill -9 `sudo lsof -t -i:9001`

answered Aug 07 '20 at 07:17

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score -2 · Answer 28 · answered Jul 23 '18 at 23:26

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sudo kill $(sudo lsof -t -i:1337)

answered Jul 23 '18 at 23:26

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