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How to send signals through the web console (terminal)

i wanted to send an signal to interrupt which is normally ctrl+c, but nothing happened. I tried typing ^c, ^C, and ^[c (option+c generates this one), but nothing worked…


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KFSys
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January 3, 2022
Accepted Answer

Hi @rahil627,

You are correct, it’s ctrl+c. Having said this, sometimes it takes some time for the Droplet to receive the signal and stop the job it’s executing, it’s often experienced when it’s a job that requests more computing power.

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