There are some ways to quit or exit a python script. In this tutorial, we will introcude you these ways. As a python beginner, you can learn some very useful tips from this tutorial.
sys.exit(status = 0)
This function can make a python script be terminated, the status can be:
0: quit normally.
1: quit with some exceptions occured.
This function works fine on windows, unix ,linux and mac system.
Here is an example:
import sys sys.exit(0)
os._exit()
The functin only works fine on windows and unix system. It also can terminate a python script.
Here is an example:
import os os._exit()
os.kill()
This function can kill a process to stop an apllication and it only works fine on unix sytem.
Syntax
os.kill(pid, signal)
Parameters explained
pid: the process pid
signal: it can be signal.SIGINT, signal.SIGTERM, signal.SIGKILL and signal.SIGALRM
Here is an example:
import os import singal os.kill(2294, singal.SIGKILL)