When I open a python shell in powershell, I cannot close it

Question

When I open a python shell in PowerShell, I cannot close it using Ctrl+c, Ctrl+z, or Ctrl+d. I swore it worked before, it works in VS Code's terminal as well, so I'm not quite sure what is wrong with powershell. The only way to exit is using the quit() function.

When I do Ctrl+c, I get

KeyboardInterrupt

Ctrl+d gets me

^d

and likewise for Ctrl+z

Info:

Windows 10
python 3.8.0

ph3rin · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-17T22:34:20.813

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According to this answer, eof on Windows is different from *nix.

It is Crtl + z on Windows that gives you end of file, not Crtl + d.

Therefore, press Crtl + z and enter should do the trick.

edited Dec 17 '19 at 22:34

answered Dec 15 '19 at 06:11

ph3rin

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unfortunately Crtl + z does not work for some reason, it just inputs ```^Z``` – Andrew Dec 15 '19 at 06:23
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@AndrewLi Did you press enter? – ph3rin Dec 15 '19 at 06:26

When I open a python shell in powershell, I cannot close it

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