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``receptorctl reload`` reloads the Receptor configuration for the connected node.

Command syntax: ``receptorctl --socket=<socket_path> reload``

``socket_path`` is the control socket address for the Receptor connection.
   The default is ``unix:`` for a Unix socket.
   Use ``tcp://`` for a TCP socket.
   The corresponding environment variable is ``RECEPTORCTL_SOCKET``.

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  ss --listening --processes --unix 'src = unix:<socket_path>'
  Netid         State          Recv-Q         Send-Q                   Local Address:Port                     Peer Address:Port        Process
  u_str         LISTEN         0              4096                   /tmp/local.sock 38130170                            * 0            users:(("receptor",pid=3226769,fd=7))

``ps -fp $(pidof receptor)``
``lsof -p <pid>``
