How to shut down http-server on Ubuntu to make port free again?

Question

I have a HTTP server that I startup using the following command

username@machine:~project/www$ http-server . --cors

It typically starts on port 8080, but if enter ctrl+z and then try to run the same command again, it will start on port 8081.

How can I shut down the previous server so that 8080 becomes free again?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '15 at 11:38

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If that's the first background process you've created you can simply use kill %1. If not you'll want to run jobs and check which number it has in that list.

answered Oct 15 '15 at 11:38

l0b0

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:16

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Use ctrl+c to kill the process. ctrl+z just suspends it.

Further reading: What's different between Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+C in Unix command line?

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:16

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answered Oct 15 '15 at 11:40

Quentin

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How to shut down http-server on Ubuntu to make port free again?

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