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➜  ~  pg_ctl  -D /usr/local/var/postgres -m f  stop   
waiting for server to shut down......................................^C
➜  ~  which pg_ctl
/usr/local/bin/pg_ctl
➜  ~  which pg_ctl -V
/usr/local/bin/pg_ctl
-V not found
➜  ~  which pg_ctl -v
/usr/local/bin/pg_ctl
-v not found
➜  ~  pg_ctl -v      
pg_ctl: invalid option -- v
Try "pg_ctl --help" for more information.
➜  ~  pg_ctl -V
pg_ctl (PostgreSQL) 9.3.3
➜  ~  pg_ctl -D path status
pg_ctl: no server running
➜  ~  pg_ctl  -D /usr/local/var/postgres start     
pg_ctl: another server might be running; trying to start server anyway
server starting
FATAL:  lock file "postmaster.pid" already exists                                                                                                                                                                  
HINT:  Is another postmaster (PID 25763) running in data directory "/usr/local/var/postgres"?
➜  ~  pg_ctl  -D /usr/local/var/postgres restart
waiting for server to shut down..................^C
➜  ~  pg_ctl  -D /usr/local/var/postgres status 
pg_ctl: server is running (PID: 25820)
/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.3.3/bin/postgres "-D" "/usr/local/var/postgres" "-r" "/usr/local/var/postgres/server.log"