Need to close python socket / Find the current running server on my dev environment

Question

I\'m trying to learn python (using the Flask micro-framework) and I am confused because somewhere in my code i\'m keeping the server open I believe.

I spin up my ser

Answer 1

To kill the python process which is listening on port 5000 :

sudo lsof -i :5000 | grep "python" | cut -d " " -f3 | xargs kill -9

Answer 2

If you use linux you can use lsof to find out which process is using a given port, you might have to install it first though, usage is pretty simple:

lsof -i :5000

Answer 3

You're probably closing the server using Ctrl-Z. If so, use Ctrl-C instead.