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troy beckett
troy beckett
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Posted by troy beckett
troy beckett
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Killing the process.

Just wondering if anyone could explain what the '-9' is doing when the port is closed?

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faraz
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faraz
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faraz
faraz
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-9 is the number for the SIGKILL option which forcefully and immediately ends the process.

More info about kill vs kill -9 and how they work: https://major.io/2010/03/18/sigterm-vs-sigkill/