Nodejs express error shows events.js:167 throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event ^

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bash: /Users/abdurahman/.bash_profile: line 9: syntax error: unexpected end of file Abdus-Air-5:FcExam abdurahman$ nodemon run server [nodemon] 1.18.10 [nodemon] to restart at any time, enter rs [nodemon] watching: . [nodemon] starting node run server server.js events.js:167 throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event ^

Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use :::5000enter code here

You can follow this post to solve the problem. https://stackoverflow.com/q/4075287/5589964 — Chuong Tran, Mar 04 '19 at 14:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 04 '19 at 14:36

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The error is because of some other process running on port 5000. If you are using linux:

lsof -i:5000 | grep 5000

This command will give you the pid of the process running on port 5000 and then you can kill the process by

kill -9 <pid>

answered Mar 04 '19 at 14:36

mayank Chandel

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Nodejs express error shows events.js:167 throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event ^

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