Mar 16, 2021 · I also tried quit and [Ctrl][d] but nothing worked. Not even exit() or quit() is working. Hitting [Ctrl][z] followed by a [Return] did the job. However, with such a lousy UX I wonder why people actually end up using python - what a nightmare. All the answers trying to give arguments for this ugly behavior simply miss the point of UX. –

Jan 8, 2017 · In addition, the following should work with any terminal: exit() then Return; quit() then Return; Trivia: if you type quit and hit Return, the console tells you, at least for Python 3.4: Use quit() or Ctrl-Z plus Return to exit

Nov 5, 2013 · While the previous answers are helpful, they don't always work in all situations. If you have a Python-CV window open, which is waiting for a key press to quit, while running from inside vim, as a (weirdly specific) example, and you accidentally close the window normally, it will continue to run and Ctrl+C and Ctrl+Z might simply print to the terminal and get ignored.

Keep in mind that sys.exit(), exit(), quit(), and os._exit(0) kill the Python interpreter. Therefore, if it appears in a script called from another script by execfile() , it stops execution of both scripts.

Nov 3, 2013 · quit and exit exist only to provide an easy way out of the Python prompt. This is for new users or users who accidentally entered the Python prompt, and don't want to know the right syntax. They are likely to try typing exit or quit. While this will not exit the interpreter, it at least issues a message that tells them a way out:

Feb 8, 2020 · the commands quit() or exit() or the key combination Ctrl+D; Pressing Ctrl+C in the Python Interpreter only causes a KeyboardInterrupt exception. Pressing Ctrl+Break in Linux does nothing relevant in regard to the Python shell. Pressing Ctrl+Z merely stops and puts the Python process to the background without ending it.

Aug 5, 2013 · Using python in terminal on a Mac, type. ctrl-z will stop the python, but not exit it, giving output like this: >>> [34]+ Stopped python As you can see, I have stopped 34 python calls. Although I could use >>> exit() to exit python, the questions are: Is there a short-key to really exit (not just stop) python in terminal? and, why

Jun 20, 2010 · Just press the “q” key to quit out of a help() page generated in the python REPL. Yes, it is that easy, simply pressing “q” will exit out of the help screen properly. You can move up and down with the arrow keys and press q to quit viewing the help page, similar to a …

May 17, 2018 · It would be nice to be able to stop a script with the terminal still open, so you can see a 'script ended/interrupted' message in the terminal. – Theo F Commented Jun 27, 2022 at 14:10

Feb 4, 2017 · Before the reinstall Ctrl-C quit python (3.5/2.7) fine, with no output. Does anyone know why this has started happening? Whether it's just a simple setting? The only difference I can think of is I'm now on python 3.6. Ctrl-D works in Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, and Ctrl-C works fine in an activated anaconda python2 environment for quitting python.