You could add a function to your .bashrc to make this easier:
listening() { lsof -n -iTCP:$1 | grep LISTEN }
Then (after restarting your terminal or typing source ~/.bashrc) type listening 8080 to find out what process is blocking that port.
source ~/.bashrc
listening 8080
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You could add a function to your .bashrc to make this easier:
Then (after restarting your terminal or typing
source ~/.bashrc
) typelistening 8080
to find out what process is blocking that port.