To find what is listening on a TCP/IP port, open a terminal and go to a shell command-line, and use lsof, a command that LiSts Open Files (TCP ports are considered a type of file in UNIX). This checks all listening ports: The following check is specific to port 5432: These commands work for most Linux flavors.
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What is Listening on a TCP Port?
To find what is listening on a TCP/IP port, open a terminal and go to a shell command-line, and use lsof, a command that LiSts Open Files (TCP ports are considered a type of file in UNIX).
