I can't exit out of python on CMD using ctrl + c
When I was trying python on cmd prompt and I was trying to exit to install a package, the sentence "keyboard interrupt" was displayed instead of actually exiting. I couldn't find a "break" key to try ctrl + break, so I kept trying with ctrl + c. I tried the default settings, removing the quick edit mode, and run as administrator, I just can't seem to exit out of python.
Any help with this problem would be much appreciated.
On Windows, in the interactive Python interpreter, the options to exit are:
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quit()
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exit()
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Ctrl + Z then Enter
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Ctrl + Break
When running scripts, Ctrl + C can generally be used to send a KeyboardInterrupt
that halts script execution (note that a Traceback will be generated).
The Ctrl + Break option assumes your keyboard has a Break or Pause/Break key.
Due to a design decision, the Python interpeter does not exit on Ctrl+C,
but rather on Ctrl+D or the command exit()
.