port-killer

port-killer

Kills the process running on a given port (assuming you have permission to do so)

Command line convenience utility to kill a process running on the provided port. There are plenty of alternative (and likely superior) modules to achieve this. This one was written for a specific use-case.

Installation

Install via npm:

$ npm i -g port-killer

Usage

As a module:

const portkill = require('port-killer');
const results = portkill(8080);

console.log(results);

// returns an object with two properties
{
  // String of output providing pid if applicable
  message: 'Killed process(es) 6907',
  // Boolean indicating success or failure
  error: false
}

As a command line utility:

$ portkill 9945
Killed process(es) 6907