diff --git a/examples/auth.js b/examples/auth.js
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index b9421a7c80..0000000000
--- a/examples/auth.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const redis = require('redis')
-// The client stashes the password and will re-authenticate on every connect.
-redis.createClient({
-  password: 'some pass'
-})
diff --git a/examples/eval.js b/examples/eval.js
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index f804593dee..0000000000
--- a/examples/eval.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const redis = require('../index')
-const client = redis.createClient()
-
-client.eval('return 100.5', 0, (err, res) => {
-  console.dir(err)
-  console.dir(res)
-})
-
-client.eval([ 'return 100.5', 0 ], (err, res) => {
-  console.dir(err)
-  console.dir(res)
-})
diff --git a/examples/extend.js b/examples/extend.js
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index f717088334..0000000000
--- a/examples/extend.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const redis = require('redis')
-const client = redis.createClient()
-
-// Extend the RedisClient prototype to add a custom method
-// This one converts the results from 'INFO' into a JavaScript Object
-
-redis.RedisClient.prototype.parseInfo = function (callback) {
-  this.info((err, res) => {
-    if (err) throw err
-    const lines = res.toString().split('\r\n').sort()
-    const obj = {}
-    lines.forEach((line) => {
-      const parts = line.split(':')
-      if (parts[1]) {
-        obj[parts[0]] = parts[1]
-      }
-    })
-    callback(obj)
-  })
-}
-
-client.parseInfo((info) => {
-  console.dir(info)
-  client.quit()
-})
diff --git a/examples/file.js b/examples/file.js
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index c43e6c8329..0000000000
--- a/examples/file.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-// Read a file from disk, store it in Redis, then read it back from Redis.
-
-const redis = require('redis')
-const client = redis.createClient({
-  returnBuffers: true
-})
-const fs = require('fs')
-const assert = require('assert')
-const filename = 'grumpyCat.jpg'
-
-// Get the file I use for testing like this:
-//    curl http://media4.popsugar-assets.com/files/2014/08/08/878/n/1922507/caef16ec354ca23b_thumb_temp_cover_file32304521407524949.xxxlarge/i/Funny-Cat-GIFs.jpg -o grumpyCat.jpg
-// or just use your own file.
-
-// Read a file from fs, store it in Redis, get it back from Redis, write it back to fs.
-fs.readFile(filename, (err, data) => {
-  if (err) throw err
-  console.log(`Read ${data.length} bytes from filesystem.`)
-
-  client.set(filename, data, console.log) // set entire file
-  client.get(filename, (err, reply) => { // get entire file
-    if (err) {
-      console.log(`Get error: ${err}`)
-    } else {
-      assert.strictEqual(data.inspect(), reply.inspect())
-      fs.writeFile(`duplicate_${filename}`, reply, (err) => {
-        if (err) {
-          console.log(`Error on write: ${err}`)
-        } else {
-          console.log('File written.')
-        }
-        client.end()
-      })
-    }
-  })
-})
diff --git a/examples/mget.js b/examples/mget.js
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index a6901131c4..0000000000
--- a/examples/mget.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const client = require('redis').createClient()
-
-client.mget(['sessions started', 'sessions started', 'foo'], (err, res) => {
-  if (err) throw err
-  console.dir(res)
-})
diff --git a/examples/monitor.js b/examples/monitor.js
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index 8f809b3abb..0000000000
--- a/examples/monitor.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const client = require('../index').createClient()
-const util = require('util')
-
-client.monitor((err, res) => {
-  if (err) throw err
-  console.log('Entering monitoring mode.')
-})
-
-client.on('monitor', (time, args) => {
-  console.log(`${time  }: ${util.inspect(args)}`)
-})
diff --git a/examples/multi.js b/examples/multi.js
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index 2db2cf0356..0000000000
--- a/examples/multi.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const redis = require('redis')
-const client = redis.createClient()
-let setSize = 20
-
-client.sadd('bigset', 'a member')
-client.sadd('bigset', 'another member')
-
-while (setSize > 0) {
-  client.sadd('bigset', `member ${setSize}`)
-  setSize -= 1
-}
-
-// multi chain with an individual callback
-client.multi()
-    .scard('bigset')
-    .smembers('bigset')
-    .keys('*', (err, replies) => {
-      if (err) throw err
-      client.mget(replies, console.log)
-    })
-    .dbsize()
-    .exec((err, replies) => {
-      if (err) throw err
-      console.log(`MULTI got ${replies.length} replies`)
-      replies.forEach((reply, index) => {
-        console.log(`Reply ${index}: ${reply.toString()}`)
-      })
-    })
-
-client.mset('incr thing', 100, 'incr other thing', 1, console.log)
-
-// start a separate multi command queue
-const multi = client.multi()
-multi.incr('incr thing', console.log)
-multi.incr('incr other thing', console.log)
-
-// runs immediately
-client.get('incr thing', console.log) // 100
-
-// drains multi queue and runs atomically
-multi.exec((err, replies) => {
-  if (err) throw err
-  console.log(replies) // 101, 2
-})
-
-// you can re-run the same transaction if you like
-multi.exec((err, replies) => {
-  if (err) throw err
-  console.log(replies) // 102, 3
-  client.quit()
-})
diff --git a/examples/multi2.js b/examples/multi2.js
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index 0563b21fb9..0000000000
--- a/examples/multi2.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const redis = require('redis')
-const client = redis.createClient()
-
-// start a separate command queue for multi
-const multi = client.multi()
-multi.incr('incr thing', console.log)
-multi.incr('incr other thing', console.log)
-
-// runs immediately
-client.mset('incr thing', 100, 'incr other thing', 1, console.log)
-
-// drains multi queue and runs atomically
-multi.exec((err, replies) => {
-  if (err) throw err
-  console.log(replies) // 101, 2
-})
-
-// you can re-run the same transaction if you like
-multi.exec((err, replies) => {
-  if (err) throw err
-  console.log(replies) // 102, 3
-  client.quit()
-})
-
-client.multi([
-    ['mget', 'multifoo', 'multibar', console.log],
-    ['incr', 'multifoo'],
-    ['incr', 'multibar']
-]).exec((err, replies) => {
-  if (err) throw err
-  console.log(replies.toString())
-})
diff --git a/examples/psubscribe.js b/examples/psubscribe.js
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index 89bcfd08a7..0000000000
--- a/examples/psubscribe.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const redis = require('redis')
-const client1 = redis.createClient()
-const client2 = redis.createClient()
-const client3 = redis.createClient()
-const client4 = redis.createClient()
-let msgCount = 0
-
-client1.on('psubscribe', (pattern, count) => {
-  console.log(`client1 psubscribed to ${pattern}, ${count} total subscriptions`)
-  client2.publish('channeltwo', 'Me!')
-  client3.publish('channelthree', 'Me too!')
-  client4.publish('channelfour', 'And me too!')
-})
-
-client1.on('punsubscribe', (pattern, count) => {
-  console.log(`client1 punsubscribed from ${pattern}, ${count} total subscriptions`)
-  client4.end()
-  client3.end()
-  client2.end()
-  client1.end()
-})
-
-client1.on('pmessage', (pattern, channel, message) => {
-  console.log(`(${pattern}) client1 received message on ${channel}: ${message}`)
-  msgCount += 1
-  if (msgCount === 3) {
-    client1.punsubscribe()
-  }
-})
-
-client1.psubscribe('channel*')
diff --git a/examples/pub_sub.js b/examples/pub_sub.js
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index b5eeeba3b7..0000000000
--- a/examples/pub_sub.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const redis = require('redis')
-const client1 = redis.createClient()
-let msgCount = 0
-const client2 = redis.createClient()
-
-// Most clients probably don't do much on 'subscribe'. This example uses it to coordinate things within one program.
-client1.on('subscribe', (channel, count) => {
-  console.log(`client1 subscribed to ${channel}, ${count} total subscriptions`)
-  if (count === 2) {
-    client2.publish('a nice channel', 'I am sending a message.')
-    client2.publish('another one', 'I am sending a second message.')
-    client2.publish('a nice channel', 'I am sending my last message.')
-  }
-})
-
-client1.on('unsubscribe', (channel, count) => {
-  console.log(`client1 unsubscribed from ${channel}, ${count} total subscriptions`)
-  if (count === 0) {
-    client2.end()
-    client1.end()
-  }
-})
-
-client1.on('message', (channel, message) => {
-  console.log(`client1 channel ${channel}: ${message}`)
-  msgCount += 1
-  if (msgCount === 3) {
-    client1.unsubscribe()
-  }
-})
-
-client1.on('ready', () => {
-    // if you need auth, do it here
-  client1.incr('did a thing')
-  client1.subscribe('a nice channel', 'another one')
-})
-
-client2.on('ready', () => {
-    // if you need auth, do it here
-})
diff --git a/examples/scan.js b/examples/scan.js
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index 6de67df7bd..0000000000
--- a/examples/scan.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const redis = require('redis')
-const client = redis.createClient()
-
-let cursor = '0'
-
-function scan () {
-  client.scan(
-    cursor,
-    'MATCH', 'q:job:*',
-    'COUNT', '10',
-    (err, res) => {
-      if (err) throw err
-
-      // Update the cursor position for the next scan
-      cursor = res[0]
-      // get the SCAN result for this iteration
-      const keys = res[1]
-
-      // Remember: more or less than COUNT or no keys may be returned
-      // See http://redis.io/commands/scan#the-count-option
-      // Also, SCAN may return the same key multiple times
-      // See http://redis.io/commands/scan#scan-guarantees
-      // Additionally, you should always have the code that uses the keys
-      // before the code checking the cursor.
-      if (keys.length > 0) {
-        console.log('Array of matching keys', keys)
-      }
-
-      // It's important to note that the cursor and returned keys
-      // vary independently. The scan is never complete until redis
-      // returns a non-zero cursor. However, with MATCH and large
-      // collections, most iterations will return an empty keys array.
-
-      // Still, a cursor of zero DOES NOT mean that there are no keys.
-      // A zero cursor just means that the SCAN is complete, but there
-      // might be one last batch of results to process.
-
-      // From <http://redis.io/commands/scan>:
-      // 'An iteration starts when the cursor is set to 0,
-      // and terminates when the cursor returned by the server is 0.'
-      if (cursor === '0') {
-        return console.log('Iteration complete')
-      }
-
-      return scan()
-    }
-  )
-}
-scan()
diff --git a/examples/simple.js b/examples/simple.js
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index 6a467c28d1..0000000000
--- a/examples/simple.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const redis = require('redis')
-const client = redis.createClient()
-
-client.on('error', (err) => {
-  console.log(`error event - ${client.host}:${client.port} - ${err}`)
-})
-
-client.set('string key', 'string val', console.log)
-client.hset('hash key', 'hashtest 1', 'some value', console.log)
-client.hset(['hash key', 'hashtest 2', 'some other value'], console.log)
-client.hkeys('hash key', (err, replies) => {
-  if (err) {
-    return console.error(`error response - ${err}`)
-  }
-
-  console.log(`${replies.length  } replies:`)
-  replies.forEach((reply, i) => {
-    console.log(`    ${i}: ${reply}`)
-  })
-})
-
-client.quit((err, res) => {
-  if (err) throw err
-  console.log('Exiting from quit command.')
-})
diff --git a/examples/sort.js b/examples/sort.js
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index 4f44630e51..0000000000
--- a/examples/sort.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const redis = require('redis')
-const client = redis.createClient()
-
-client.sadd('mylist', 1)
-client.sadd('mylist', 2)
-client.sadd('mylist', 3)
-
-client.set('weight_1', 5)
-client.set('weight_2', 500)
-client.set('weight_3', 1)
-
-client.set('object_1', 'foo')
-client.set('object_2', 'bar')
-client.set('object_3', 'qux')
-
-client.sort('mylist', 'by', 'weight_*', 'get', 'object_*', console.log)
-// Prints Reply: qux,foo,bar
diff --git a/examples/subqueries.js b/examples/subqueries.js
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index 99d29bc59a..0000000000
--- a/examples/subqueries.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-// Sending commands in response to other commands.
-// This example runs 'type' against every key in the database
-//
-const client = require('redis').createClient()
-
-client.keys('*', (err, keys) => {
-  if (err) throw err
-  keys.forEach((key, pos) => {
-    client.type(key, (err, keytype) => {
-      if (err) throw err
-      console.log(`${key  } is ${keytype}`)
-      if (pos === (keys.length - 1)) {
-        client.quit()
-      }
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/examples/subquery.js b/examples/subquery.js
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index 09aa628627..0000000000
--- a/examples/subquery.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const client = require('redis').createClient()
-
-// build a map of all keys and their types
-client.keys('*', (err, allKeys) => {
-  if (err) throw err
-  const keyTypes = {}
-
-  allKeys.forEach((key, pos) => { // use second arg of forEach to get pos
-    client.type(key, (err, type) => {
-      if (err) throw err
-      keyTypes[key] = type
-      if (pos === allKeys.length - 1) { // callbacks all run in order
-        console.dir(keyTypes)
-      }
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/examples/unix_socket.js b/examples/unix_socket.js
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index ea5b1efca3..0000000000
--- a/examples/unix_socket.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const redis = require('redis')
-const client = redis.createClient('/tmp/redis.sock')
-const profiler = require('v8-profiler')
-
-client.on('connect', () => {
-  console.log('Got Unix socket connection.')
-})
-
-client.on('error', (err) => {
-  console.log(err.message)
-})
-
-client.set('space chars', 'space value')
-
-setInterval(() => {
-  client.get('space chars')
-}, 100)
-
-function done () {
-  client.info((err, reply) => {
-    if (err) throw err
-    console.log(reply.toString())
-    client.quit()
-  })
-}
-
-setTimeout(() => {
-  console.log('Taking snapshot.')
-  profiler.takeSnapshot()
-  done()
-}, 5000)
diff --git a/examples/web_server.js b/examples/web_server.js
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index b44138fdf4..0000000000
--- a/examples/web_server.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-// A simple web server that generates dyanmic content based on responses from Redis
-
-const http = require('http')
-const redisClient = require('redis').createClient()
-
-http.createServer((request, response) => { // The server
-  response.writeHead(200, {
-    'Content-Type': 'text/plain'
-  })
-
-  let redisInfo, totalRequests
-
-  redisClient.info((err, reply) => {
-    if (err) throw err
-    redisInfo = reply // stash response in outer scope
-  })
-  redisClient.incr('requests', (err, reply) => {
-    if (err) throw err
-    totalRequests = reply // stash response in outer scope
-  })
-  redisClient.hincrby('ip', request.connection.remoteAddress, 1)
-  redisClient.hgetall('ip', (err, reply) => {
-    if (err) throw err
-        // This is the last reply, so all of the previous replies must have completed already
-    response.write(`${'This page was generated after talking to redis.\n\n' +
-            'Redis info:\n'}${redisInfo}\n` +
-            `Total requests: ${totalRequests}\n\n` +
-            `IP count: \n`)
-    Object.keys(reply).forEach((ip) => {
-      response.write(`    ${ip}: ${reply[ip]}\n`)
-    })
-    response.end()
-  })
-}).listen(80)