Comment by chwzr

i have this in my .zshrc which provides same functionality:

  lk() {
    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
        local output=$(sudo lsof -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN -n -P)
    elif [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
        local output=$(sudo lsof -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN -n -P | grep -i --color=always $1)
    else
        echo "find and kill processes listening on ports. Usage: lk [pattern]"
        return 1
    fi

    if [ -z "$output" ]; then
        echo "No listening processes found."
        return 0
    fi

    # Show header + results
    echo "$(sudo lsof -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN -n -P | head -1)"
    echo "$output"
    echo ""

    # Extract unique PIDs (skip the header row if no grep was applied)
    local pids=($(echo "$output" | awk '{print $2}' | grep -E '^[0-9]+$' | sort -u))

    if [ ${#pids[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "No PIDs found."
        return 0
    fi

    echo "PIDs to kill: ${pids[*]}"
    echo -n "Kill these ${#pids[@]} process(es)? [y/N] "
    read -r confirm

    if [[ "$confirm" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
        for pid in "${pids[@]}"; do
            echo "Killing PID $pid..."
            sudo kill -9 $pid
        done
        echo "Done."
    else
        echo "Aborted."
    fi
  }