What is the terminal command other than ctrl + c to exit a running Node.js program in a macOS?
Solution 1
The accurate answer for MAC Keyboard on terminal is:
Command + . (dot/period)
This is equivalent to Ctrl + C or break.
Refer to the:
Terminal Help > Keyboard Shortcuts > Other Shortcuts > Break
The Control or Ctrl key is not a regular modifier in macOS.
However, if you are using a regular Windows keyboard with macOS then Ctrl + C works since there is no Command key in this case.
Solution 2
Try:
Ctrl + C
It should be the same as Linux.
Duplicate of: this question
Solution 3
Try Ctrl + Z
Or you can use kill
Command. For further information see man kill
command for manual of kill command and you can get some guidance from this link about how to use kill
command.
Solution 4
Try Shift + Command + C worked for a friend.
Solution 5
If you are using iterm2, you might need to look into Preferences -> Keys -> Remap Modifiers. In my case, control (^) was mapped to something else by default. After mapping it to control (^), the shortcut worked.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Sagi_Avinash_Varma over 1 year
In Linux terminal if I run a command like:
$ node httserver.js
The command runs and by doing ctrl + c the program is terminated and new line comes in terminal for us to enter a command.
I felt ctrl + c as the macOS terminal keyboard combo to do that but it doesn’t work.
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Giacomo1968 over 4 yearsPossible duplicate of How to stop a process in Terminal
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Brian D over 3 yearsconfirmed, other answers seem to be confused. Command+. works in OS X (Mac) Terminal application for sending an interrupt with a Mac keyboard. Control+C, Control+Z, Shift+Command+C, kill commands do not work in this setting. you cannot send a kill command while another command is actively running.
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Admin almost 2 yearsctrl-z does NOT do this. And "Or you can use the kill command" does not make any sense. Ctrl-Z and kill are completely and utterly different. I dont think you know what Ctrl-z does