Can I stop execution of current module in ipython without leaving ipython

Question

I\'d like to break out of the currently running program and be dropped back to the shell (without having to restart ipython)

Answer 1

Kind of a jenky method but I can often quit a process without exiting ipython by typing something like: ']='. It creates a syntax error, terminating the process and, thereby, returning you to the ipython shell.

Answer 2

For the current version of IPython(Jupyter), you can simply click on Interrupt option under kernel tab.

Answer 3

I had the same issue after reinstalling console2 and ipython on Windows. If you use the ipython.exe launcher, this seems to be a problem and it just closes the whole window. However, if you instead launch ipython with

python C:\python27\scripts\ipython-script.py

then it catches and handles the KeyboardInterrupt just fine and leaves me at the ipython prompt. Hooray.

Answer 4

This answer may be a little too late, but for anyone who comes looking for an answer, you can use ESC

Answer 5

Control-C works in the normal interactive Python shell, it should work in ipy also (except the program is catching the keyboardInterrupt exception)