How to restart a node.js server

Question

I\'ve installed and is running a node.js server on osx. I\'ve dled a chat module and is happily running it. I\'ve altered some pieces and need to restart the server to see t

Answer 1

I understand that my comment relate with windows, but may be someone be useful. For win run in cmd:

wmic process  where "commandline like '%my_app.js%' AND name='node.exe' " CALL Terminate

then you can run your app again:

node my_app.js

Also you can use it in batch file, with escape quotes:

wmic process  where "commandline like '%%my_app.js%%' AND name='node.exe' " CALL Terminate
node my_app.js