port-process-killer

A process killer by port number tool. Can be used as an API and CLI.

Installation

npm install --save port-process-killer

Usage

Use as API

You can use as an API to find out the pid that is using the port.

  import { getPid } from "port-process-killer";

  const pid = getPid(8080);
  console.log(`pid is: ${pid}`);

API example to kill the process that is being used by a port

  import { portKill } from "port-process-killer";

  portKill(8080);

If the process was not killed after running the command, you can add the -f parameter which will use a wmic delete command which is stronger than the taskkill command.

  import { portKill } from "port-process-killer";

  portKill(8080, -f);

Use as CLI

npm install --global port-process-killer

killProcess --port 8080

Use with force (wmic delete)

killProcess --port 8080 -f

TODO

Add Linux support.

Author

• Creator: @avishaik

Acknowledgements

Thanks for using port-process-killer, hope it does a killer job for you!

License

MIT