Socket error: Address already in use

Question

I have a CherryPy script that I frequently run to start a server. Today I was having to start and stop it a few times to fix some bugs in a config file, and I guess the socket

Answer 1

Much more easier to do it by:

Check the PID(:5000 is the host since I've been running on 127.0.0.1:5000):
$ lsof -i :5000
Then kill it:
$ sudo kill -9 PID