How do you cleanly exit interactive Lua?

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I've tried to the word "quit" on a single line but this seems to simply change the command line pointer from a ">" to a ">>". What's the best way to end a session in interactive Lua please?

The prompt changed to `>>`, because it expected an expression. — , Feb 10 '11 at 19:44
I like >> better for a prompt .. so maybe I'll type 'quit' to get that. — WestCoastProjects, Dec 12 '15 at 04:09

score 71 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '11 at 19:05

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There is no quit keyword. Try control-D in Unix, control-Z in Windows or os.exit() if you must.

answered Feb 10 '11 at 19:05

lhf

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I've found one situation where only `os.exit()` works: the interactive lua shell of the [lua.c32 syslinux module](http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Lua.c32). – Martin von Wittich Feb 16 '15 at 16:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '23 at 05:02

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Typing a full-stop/dot in the lua prompt works in my system -

Console# lua
lua>.
Console# lua
lua>hello
lua>>.
Console#

answered Mar 06 '23 at 05:02

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How do you cleanly exit interactive Lua?

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