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I need to stop collectd for a while. I can see it's running:

ps axuw | grep collectd
user    73543   0.0  0.0  2540860   1900   ??  S     4:15PM   0:00.26 /usr/local/Cellar/collectd/5.4.0/sbin/collectd -f -C /usr/local/etc/collectd.conf

kill [PID] kills the process but it starts again.

I can see it in launchctl list:

launchctl list | grep collectd
73543   -   homebrew.mxcl.collectd

But I cannot find its plist:

mac:~ user$ ls /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ | grep -i "collectd"
mac:~ user$
mac:~ user$ ls /Library/LaunchDaemons/ | grep -i "collectd"
mac:~ user$

So I have no idea how to unload it. Thanks.

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  • what happens if you use launchctl stop instead of kill?
    – lzam
    Sep 23, 2014 at 0:14
  • @lzam: mac:~ user$ launchctl stop 73543 launchctl stop error: No such process
    – hdf
    Sep 23, 2014 at 0:19
  • I don't think you can call launchctl stop with a PID you need the label. you can try to find it with launchctl list. Note that you may need to use sudo for both commands.
    – lzam
    Sep 23, 2014 at 2:01

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Just found the plist in 

~/Library/LaunchAgents
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