Node REPL: how to break out of …?

Question

So, in the node REPL, if I do something stupid, I get stuck in ... hell. I suppose the interpreter is waiting for the statement to be closed, but how can I break out of this?

$ node
> "I did something stupid
...
...

Answer 1

I usually do Ctrl-C and that works fine atleast in Linux .

Ctrl-C and Escape are the most common "break from something" keys .

It works in most of the terminal apps .

As a bonus , in linux I use Ctrl-L to clear Node.js, Python etc REPL .

It is helpful sometimes .