[memcached] How to stop and restart memcached server?

To shutdown memcache daemon:

sudo service memcached stop

To start memcached daemon:

sudo service memcached start

Restart memcached server:

sudo service memcached restart

You can see if Memcache is currently runing:

sudo ps -e | grep memcached

And you can check the TCP or UDP ports if something (e.g. Memcache) is listening to it:

netstat -ap | grep TheChosenPort#
netstat -ap | grep 11211

For some Linuxes you need to change your commands like:

sudo /etc/init.d/memcached start
sudo /etc/init.d/memcached restart
sudo /etc/init.d/memcached stop