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What I have:

alias killport='sudo kill -9 `sudo fuser -n tcp $1 2> /dev/null`'

Problem:

Running e.g. killport 8000 doesn't appear to work, though. However, simply running...

sudo kill -9 `sudo fuser -n tcp 8000 2> /dev/null`

... DOES work. I can't figure out where I'm messing up.

The major difference between the working and non-working versions as far as I can see is that the aliased version involves a variable, and is executed by the shell for me.... But maybe someone has seen this kind of problem before and knows right where to look.

Rui F Ribeiro
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Brian Peterson
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You should use a function instead an alias, becaue aliases don't support parameters, make something like that:

killport(){ 

sudo kill -9 $(sudo fuser -n tcp $1 2> /dev/null);

}

Now put this function in your bash configuration file, eg ~/.bashrc and then run:

source  ~/.bashrc

And you're done

HTH

sebelk
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