Start, Stop Node express server

Question

When I issue the command npm start, it starts the server and I see the following output

expressproject@0.0.0 start /var/www/html/helix/expressproject
node ./bin/www

Is there a command for npm stop?

After some searching, I see that the package.json has only start

"scripts": {
"start": "node ./bin/www"

},

How can I stop or restart the server?

What happens if I press Ctrl + z, it only terminates the npm start. Does the server really stop.

Ctrl + c (also there is a char limit on SO) – nha Sep 04 '15 at 12:30 — nha, Sep 04 '15 at 12:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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You can stop the server pressing control + c or killing the process via unix commands or SO process monitor (depending on SO).

edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

Community

answered Sep 04 '15 at 12:42

cesarluis

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@Kraken with $ ps -a command you list all the processes. See the PID of node process and kill it with: $ kill -9 processPID where processPID is a number like 1115 – cesarluis Nov 30 '15 at 21:57

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