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Why do folders in the/tmp/scancode-tk-xx directory persist and not be deleted

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I need help, why are there hundreds of thousands of “scancode-tk-xx” folders in my directory taking up a lot of disk space? I think the source code is a temporary file? Why wasn't it cleaned up? Looking forward to your reply, thank you

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