To forcefully kill a process like that, use the following command. Lsof -n -i4TCP:3000 Where 3000 is the port number the process is running at. This returns the process id(PID) and run. Kill -9 'PID' Replace PID with the number you get after running the first command.
Kill program Mac OSX terminal can sometimes be necessary
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Even though OS X is a pleasure to work with, we have all had a program or process freeze up. It won’t quit by using “Force quit”. What do you do now? Fortunately, this can be solved quite easily. To kill program Mac OS X terminal on Leopard / Snow leopard / Lion do the following commands: https://renewlabels384.weebly.com/blog/tweetdeck-desktop-app-mac.
Get the ID of the program
- Note: You have to be in the app you want to force quit before starting. Press and hold down the side button until the shutdown screen appears. Release the side button, then press and hold the Digital Crown to force quit the active app.
- Normally, if you want to close all of the open apps on your Mac, you'd have to either quit them all one by one or restart, shut down, or log out while making sure to deselect “Reopen windows when logging back in.' The latter option is great, but it doesn't always work in Mac OS X, and what if you don't want to restart, shut down, or log out?
Kill the program
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This will give you the number of the processes found (if any). Now just close them with this command
So, for example to kill my activity monitor program
Now the offending program will shut down immediately, no matter what it was doing. This is, however, a last resort. You will lose any unsaved changes.
What happens behind the scenes when you kill the program is a bit different from regular operations. Normally, the operating system asks the program nicely to go away. With the above kill command, it simply shuts it down immediately without asking or telling it anything. There you go. Gone.
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Has this post got you interested? Would you like to learn how to do more interesting stuff in OS X’s terminal , than just kill a program. Then read these 10 commands. Even more interested? The OS X terminal is built on top of bash, and you can read more about it in this tutorial. https://renewlabels384.weebly.com/blog/1password-app-on-mac.