Command to trace process to port and vice versa

Few times while doing day today admin tasks like starting a server, etc we get issues like the port is already in use issues or sometimes we don’t know what is the port number used by a process id.

to get those kind of answers we can follow below methods in Windows and Unix flavor OS.

 

Windows:

To get port number associated with a process ID.

To get the process ID of a running process ->

Open cmd prompt and execute “tasklist” command. It will give you the process ID associated with the process name.

After getting the process ID run “netstat -anb | find “ProcessID” ” in cmd prompt without double quotes to find the ports opened/used by the selected process.

To get process ID associated with a port number.

run “netstat -anb | find “PortNumber”” without double quotes to get the process ID associated with the port number.

Once processID is retrieved run “tasklist | find “ProcessID”” to get the process name which is using the port number.

 

Unix:

To get the process ID of a running process ->

Open  shell and execute “ps -eaf | grep processname” or “/usr/ucb/ps -auxww | grep processname” command. It will give you the process ID associated with the process name.

After getting the process ID run “netstat -antlup | grep ProcessID ” in shell to find the ports opened/used by the selected process.

To get process ID associated with a port number.

run “netstat -antlup | grep PortNumber” without double quotes to get the process ID associated with the port number.

Once processID is retrieved run “ps -eaf | grep processID” or “/usr/ucb/ps -auxww | grep ProcessID” to get the process name/path which is using the port number.

 

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