how to stop a command in the VS Code terminal

Question

I\'ve been stopping commands with the trash can for too long. Command period doesn\'t work on Mac. I can\'t find anywhere how to stop the terminal via a command. Anyone know wha

Answer 1

many of mac users (inclusive me) get mix with cmd and ctrl button. But ctrl+c should work fine.

Answer 2

You can kinda bypass the issue by writing, system("pause"), at the very end of your main function. That works for me like a charm...

Answer 3

If you are on linux, open the shortcuts:

Then type kill, this option will appear.

Double-click on the record, choose a shortcut for it, then open the terminal, ctrl + j, then press the shortcut you chose.

The difference in pressing ctrl+j and then ctrl+j again to close, is that it will not keep the terminal process, but only close it.

Answer 4

In certain cases, such as running a Node server, Ctrl-C wouldn't work. Instead, you can stop the app or command by pressing Ctrl+Alt+M (i.e. Ctrl+Option+M for mac users).

Sample JavaScript code to demonstrate this:

const http = require('http');

http.createServer((req, res) => {
    res.write('Hello, world!');
    res.end();
}).listen(5000, () => console.log('Server running...'));

Answer 5

In VSCode first hit following
ctrl + c
It will ask following question;
Terminate batch job (Y/N)?
Press Y + Enter
After this run following command on the prompt;
D:\Testing>exit + Enter

It will stop the instance.