Deleted sock file, how can I recover

[Scott Haneda]

ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/tmp/mysql.sock' 

I accidentally deleted the above file, I can not connect any new connections
in the CLI, old stuff seems to still be ok.

I can not seem to shut down the server, as that file is needed.

Any way I can recreate it, and what do I put in it?

I can force kill the server and I am guessing it would all come back up ok,
but there must be a gentler way?
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