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Checking Port Usage in Linux

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In Linux, you can check port usage with the lsof and netstat commands.


lsof

lsof (list open files) is a tool that lists the files currently opened by the system.

Syntax for using lsof to check port usage:

lsof -i:port_number

Example

Check the port usage of the server at port 8000:

# lsof -i:8000
COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE   DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
nodejs  26993 root   10u  IPv4 37999514      0t0  TCP *:8000 (LISTEN)

It can be seen that port 8000 has been occupied by the light nodejs service.

Executing lsof -i requires root user privileges, as shown in the figure below:

More lsof commands are as follows:

lsof -i:8080: Check port 8080 usage
lsof abc.txt: Show processes that have opened the file abc.txt
lsof -c abc: Show files currently opened by the abc process
lsof -c -p 1234: List files opened by the process with process ID 1234
lsof -g gid: Show the process status belonging to gid
lsof +d /usr/local/: Show files opened by processes in the directory
lsof +D /usr/local/: Same as above, but searches directories within the directory, takes longer
lsof -d 4: Show processes using fd as 4
lsof -i -U: Show all open ports and UNIX domain files

netstat

netstat -tunlp is used to display the status of tcp, udp ports, and related processes.

Syntax for using netstat to check port usage:

netstat -tunlp | grep port_number

More commands:

netstat -ntlp   //View all current tcp ports
netstat -ntulp | grep 80   //View all 80 port usage
netstat -ntulp | grep 3306   //View all 3306 port usage

kill

After finding the process that occupies the port, if you want to kill the corresponding process, you can use the kill command:

kill -9 PID

As in the example above, we see that the PID corresponding to port 8000 is 26993, and use the following command to kill the process:

kill -9 26993

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