Find What's Using a Port on Linux: lsof, ss, and ps in One Workflow
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"Address already in use" tells you a port is taken, not by what. Here's the real 3-command workflow.
ss finds the PID fast
ss -tlnp | grep :8080 — -t for TCP, -l f
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