How to kill a process in a terminal inside emacs

Question

When I code, I usually use multiple buffers in emacs. Some buffers with my code, and a buffer with a terminal emulator (M-x term), There I compile, execute interpreters, etc.

When I get an infinite loop in some computation, I cannot kill my process (As one could do with a normal terminal with Ctrl-C), since obviously the terminal embedded in emacs doesn't get the interrupt.

Is there a way to do this?

For me, Ctrl-C Ctrl-C sends a ^C to the terminal and I'm able to interrupt a running program. — ALiX, Mar 14 '14 at 20:18

score 23 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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As mentioned in the comments, by @ALiX using Ctrl+C+ Ctrl+C (2 times) worked.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

Community

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answered Mar 16 '14 at 12:44

user2290347

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Yongqiang Zhou · Answer 2 · 2018-12-13T03:32:37.567

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If you run a process in eshell，you can use ctrl c ctrl c to kill the process, otherwise you can kill the buffer using ctrl x k

edited Dec 13 '18 at 03:32

answered Apr 20 '14 at 07:09

Yongqiang Zhou

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Using GNU Emacs 25.2.2 in Terminator. Ctrl-C+Ctrl-C didn't work, but Ctrl-x k (which calls kill-buffer) did. But, you lose the buffer... – AAAfarmclub Dec 06 '18 at 09:40
@AAAfarmclub if you're using ansi-term instead of term, then you should use C-x C-c (no, that won't exit your emacs) – Dec 13 '18 at 04:39

score -1 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 27 '18 at 07:58

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Use the key sequence C-c C-k.

edited Apr 27 '18 at 07:58

answered Apr 27 '18 at 03:40

Stanley Yang

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How to kill a process in a terminal inside emacs

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