If you want to know if a port is in use or not, you can do that using netstat command on the terminal on your Linux or macOS system,
$ netstat -an
Active Connections
Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP 0.0.0.0:135 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 127.0.0.1:27015 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 127.0.0.1:27015 127.0.0.1:60040 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.109:139 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:135 [::]:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:445 [::]:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49665 [::]:0 LISTENING
TCP [::1]:49709 [::]:0 LISTENING
UDP 0.0.0.0:5050 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:5353 *:*
UDP 127.0.0.1:52554 *:*
UDP 127.0.0.1:52555 *:*
UDP [::]:5353 *:*
UDP [::1]:1900 *:*
UDP [::1]:51995 *:*
You will see such a huge list of active commections and port, you can merge grep command to look for the port,
Example: $ netstat -an | grep <port-name>$ netstat -an | grep 5353
UDP 0.0.0.0:5353 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:5353 *:*
UDP 192.168.0.108:5353 *:*
UDP [::]:5353 *:*
UDP [::1]:5353 *:*
Check if a port is in use using terminal netstat command
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