---
# System prepended metadata

title: stop.sh

---

# stop.sh

```bash=
#!/bin/bash
touch temp.text
lsof -n -i4TCP:$1 | awk '{print $2}' > temp.text
pidToStop=`(sed '2q;d' temp.text)`
> temp.text
if [[ -n $pidToStop ]]
then
kill -9 $pidToStop
echo "Congrates!! $1 is stopped."
else
echo "Sorry nothing running on above port"
fi
rm temp.text
```

copy the above script
```bash=
cd /usr/local/bin
pbpaste|stop
chmod +x stop
```


