How to Exit Linux terminal using Python script?

Question

import sys

def end():
    foo=raw_input()
    sys.exit()

print 'Press enter to Exit python and Terminal'

end()

When we run the program, we should able to exit the Python Interpreter and Terminal itself. But it only exits python interpreter, not the terminal.

Thanks in advance.

tdelaney · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-21 05:21:23Z

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SIGHUP (hang up) will tell the terminal to exit. The terminal should be your script's parent process, so

import os
import signal
os.kill(os.getppid(), signal.SIGHUP)

answered Dec 21, 2015 at 5:21

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Brōtsyorfuzthrāx Over a year ago

Is there a way to make it so you don't have to press enter to exit?

Turn · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-21 05:42:57Z

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Instead of running the command from the shell with just the command name, run it with exec which will cause the shell to replace itself with the program. Then when the program exits the terminal window will close as well.

I.e. instead of

$ python ./my_script.py

run:

$ exec python ./my_script.py

answered Dec 21, 2015 at 5:42

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