How to exit the REPL

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I'm trying to exit the REPL.

I use (. System exit 0) or (System/exit 0), but that causes an error:

Exception in thread "Thread-3" java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException

Is there another way to exit the REPL? How I can resolve this error?

I would add more specific question: what's the way to kill repl with code, not external commands.. — Nevena, Feb 13 '11 at 13:15
Well this works cleaning using the `java -jar clojure.jar` for Clojure 1.11.0-master-SNAPSHOT. I guess using the linnux version or brew version in mac requires works with (exit) — Abdurrahman Adebiyi, Aug 06 '19 at 08:11

score 51 · Answer 1 · edited May 05 '15 at 16:17

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You can send the 'end-of-file' character.

You can just press ctrl-d (*nix) or ctrl-z (Windows) to exit the REPL.

edited May 05 '15 at 16:17

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answered Feb 13 '11 at 03:19

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thanks for respond but i need that the program finish automatically, my "archive.clj" has code and in the end the (. System exit 0) – patz Feb 14 '11 at 03:13
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@patz why are you running an automatic program in REPL mode? – Robert P Apr 19 '12 at 16:29
No; typing ctrl-d in repl also closes the terminal you ran telnet in. – Phil Goetz Jan 23 '14 at 04:58
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@PhilGoetz I've never seen ctrl-d in the Clojure REPL close the Terminal in which it was running (unless you have a *nix user with lein repl as their login shell??). – Sean Corfield Feb 11 '14 at 23:40
I'm on Windows with PowerShell, Ctrl-D doesn't exit the Clojure repl :( – Michael Butler Apr 23 '14 at 19:15

Alex Stoddard · Answer 2 · 2021-07-21T16:59:09.293

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My answer is now 10 years old and was given a context of less understanding (although I think I shared the same confusion as the original asker so it kind of works).

(System/exit 0) does indeed exit the whole JVM - that might be what you want "to exit the REPL" but not necessarily. Clojure and it's REPL are designed to run in a multi-threaded environment and you can even have multiple REPLs connected to the same process. Obviously exiting the JVM is not what you want if you want to exit a REPL in an otherwise continuing process.

Original answer below:

It looks like you have a different problem in your code.

The way to exit the repl is:(System/exit 0)

The alternative syntax (. System exit 0) also works.

You can test this from a clean repl started with: java -cp clojure.jar clojure.main -r

The exception you get would seem to indicate an error in some indexed lookup before your code gets to the intended exit point, apparently on a different thread.

edited Jul 21 '21 at 16:59

answered Feb 14 '11 at 15:35

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I deleted all the code from my main, and started the repl, when I writing (System / exit 0) continues giving me this error... – patz Feb 14 '11 at 18:44
How are you starting the repl - is it from within an IDE? Something about your setup is not matching usual expectations. The above example was with a repl started from the command line. – Alex Stoddard Feb 14 '11 at 19:23
I use the terminal of linux to begin the repl with -lein repl- in the folder of my project. in the folder src/myproyect the archive core.clj has not code (and is the :main of my project.clj)... when I start the repl i don't have problems, inmedietly writing (System / exit 0) and I have the error =/ – patz Feb 16 '11 at 04:25
Try things outside of the project tree entirely. Both with the plain java command above and with `lein repl`. (You should be able to get a repl without any project set up with lein). Something about your project code or structure is likely causing the issue. Maybe you have a code that is being evaluated before your main function is ever called. – Alex Stoddard Feb 16 '11 at 16:15
I trying with a empty project (only the basic information who put lein) and when I writing (System/exit 0) give me the same error, in a folder without a project (with the repl of clojure.core) no have problems to exiting – patz Feb 16 '11 at 18:42
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So it seems like it is something in your project set up. Perhaps you could paste your project.clj file and any others to something like https://gist.github.com/, otherwise I doubt people can help further. – Alex Stoddard Feb 17 '11 at 15:36
finally I make the jar file, when i execute java -jar myproyect.jar no have problems with the (Syste.exit 0) – patz Feb 17 '11 at 18:44

Jeff Schwab · Answer 3 · 2011-07-09T16:07:42.933

The problem with (System/exit 0) is that it kills the whole JVM. The real question is how to programmatically exit just the current repl, and return to whatever function launched that repl.

Here is a convenient hack:

(clojure.main/repl
  ; Exit the repl whenever the user enters "exit" at the prompt.
  :read (fn [request-prompt request-exit]
          (let [form (clojure.main/repl-read request-prompt request-exit)]
            (if (= 'exit form) request-exit form))))

clojure.main/repl repeatedly calls a a reader, by default repl-read, to get one form at a time. One of the arguments to the reader is a special sentinel object that the reader is supposed to return when there are no more forms to be read. The default reader, repl-read, returns the sentinel value only on EOF. At the repl-read prompt, you do not have access to the sentinel object, so you cannot return it to tell the evaluator that you have finished entering forms. By installing your own reader, you can check for a particular form -- e.g., the symbol exit -- and return the sentinel object whenever this form is read, thus indicating to the evaluator that you are ready to exit the repl, without actually killing the entire VM.

score 7 · Answer 4 · answered May 26 '18 at 04:43

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i just wanted to exit my REPL and landed here.

This seems to be a question that comes to everyones mind when starting to do first steps in the Clojure REPL. And of course I did not read the start-up message. The answer for my Clojure 1.7.0 is (exit) or (quit) or Control-d as stated in other replies.

nREPL server started on port 49276 on host 127.0.0.1 - nrepl://127.0.0.1:49276
REPL-y 0.3.7, nREPL 0.2.10
Clojure 1.7.0
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_72-b15
    Docs: (doc function-name-here)
          (find-doc "part-of-name-here")
  Source: (source function-name-here)
 Javadoc: (javadoc java-object-or-class-here)
    Exit: Control+D or (exit) or (quit)
 Results: Stored in vars *1, *2, *3, an exception in *e

user=> (exit)
Bye for now!

answered May 26 '18 at 04:43

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On my Mac , using brew installed clojure for verion Clojure 1.10.1 `(exit)` failed with error `user=> (exit) Syntax error compiling at (REPL:1:1). Unable to resolve symbol: exit in this context` . I ha dto use ( (. System exit 0) to move.@andreas-guther I see the header ... nREPL server .... in yours . Could version **1.7** and below worked with `exit` out of the box – Abdurrahman Adebiyi Aug 06 '19 at 08:21
Had the same issue as OP. Ctrl-D had the desired effect of getting me out of the lein repl. Thank you. – Austin Dec 14 '21 at 16:56

score 6 · Answer 5 · answered May 27 '17 at 08:53

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You may use the following key combination to exit Cider REPL in emacs: C-c C-q

answered May 27 '17 at 08:53

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The Real Answer!!! Because all he asked was how do I EXIT, not how do I Exit and Kill! – rezwits Sep 30 '18 at 18:47

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 09 '17 at 21:09

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If you install "lein" then it's exit or quit like this:

$ lein repl
...
user=>exit
Bye for now!

answered Nov 09 '17 at 21:09

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score 2 · Answer 7 · edited Apr 23 '20 at 00:02

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On Mac, use CTRL + C twice, see:

REPL Image

edited Apr 23 '20 at 00:02

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Arthur Ulfeldt · Answer 8 · 2011-02-14T07:30:15.737

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to exit the repl: If you're running the repl from the command line then (as Sean mentions) ctrl-d
if you're running it from slime then Alt-x slime-quit-lisp should do it. if you're running it from eclipse then ~~i'm not sure there is a clean way to exit~~ use the little red button.

edited Feb 14 '11 at 07:30

answered Feb 13 '11 at 05:59

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thanks for respond but i need that the program finish automatically, my "archive.clj" has code and in the end the (. System exit 0) – patz Feb 14 '11 at 03:12

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 04 '22 at 01:26

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On Clojure 1.10.2 installed on Linux

(. System exit 0)

answered Sep 04 '22 at 01:26

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score 1 · Answer 10 · edited Jan 04 '16 at 07:25

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today I have the answer, this is what I need

(import ('java.lang.management ManagementFactory)
(use 'clojure.contrib.shell)
(defn process-pid [] (let [m-name (.getName (ManagementFactory/getRuntimeMXBean))] (first (.split m-name "@"))))

(defn exit (sh "kill" (process-pid))

edited Jan 04 '16 at 07:25

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answered Nov 23 '11 at 01:42

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jun 06 '14 at 20:01

In Windows (tested on Windows 7 x64), using the standard command shell (cmd.exe), the ctrl-Z (followed by the enter key) character appears to be the end-of-file indicator, it dropped me out of the REPL back to the command prompt. I suspect that this will also work equivalently in Windows PowerShell, would someone who is familiar with it please test and confirm...

Note also that this is for the stock Clojure REPL - if you are running the Datomic shell (which appears to be an instance of a Java Beanshell), enter "quit();"...

HTH.

How to exit the REPL

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