What is nodePipe.sock file and is it safe to remove it?











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I found files named nodePipe*.sock in my home directory. Can I remove them safely?



~ ll | grep sock

srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 26 17:20 nodePipe32098.sock

srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 26 19:30 nodePipe33098.sock

srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  9  4 11:08 nodePipe5150.sock

srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 24 14:51 nodePipe6158.sock

srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 30 19:16 nodePipe64976.sock

srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 27 12:22 nodePipe9262.sock

srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  9  4 12:10 nodePipe9284.sock





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    I found files named nodePipe*.sock in my home directory. Can I remove them safely?



    ~ ll | grep sock
    
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 26 17:20 nodePipe32098.sock
    
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 26 19:30 nodePipe33098.sock
    
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  9  4 11:08 nodePipe5150.sock
    
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 24 14:51 nodePipe6158.sock
    
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 30 19:16 nodePipe64976.sock
    
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 27 12:22 nodePipe9262.sock
    
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  9  4 12:10 nodePipe9284.sock





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      I found files named nodePipe*.sock in my home directory. Can I remove them safely?



      ~ ll | grep sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 26 17:20 nodePipe32098.sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 26 19:30 nodePipe33098.sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  9  4 11:08 nodePipe5150.sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 24 14:51 nodePipe6158.sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 30 19:16 nodePipe64976.sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 27 12:22 nodePipe9262.sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  9  4 12:10 nodePipe9284.sock





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      I found files named nodePipe*.sock in my home directory. Can I remove them safely?



      ~ ll | grep sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 26 17:20 nodePipe32098.sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 26 19:30 nodePipe33098.sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  9  4 11:08 nodePipe5150.sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 24 14:51 nodePipe6158.sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 30 19:16 nodePipe64976.sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  8 27 12:22 nodePipe9262.sock
      
srwxr-xr-x    1 myself  staff     0B  9  4 12:10 nodePipe9284.sock





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