How do I Quit IRB from the command line? (Using terminal on mac)

Question

Basically, I'm typing along just fine in terminal, using IRB to run ruby commands:

2.0.0-p0 :014 > bank_account.withdraw(2222)  => -1222  

But sometimes I accidentally miss out a quotation mark.

2.0.0-p0 :020 > BankAccount.create_for("Jim","Johnson) 2.0.0-p0 :021"> bank_account.withdraw(333) 

If you look carefully, you'll see that the speech mark I missed out appears next to the line number on the left, next to the patch version.

From here on in, that speech mark appears everytime I run a command! And it stops the commands working:

2.0.0-p0 :021"> BankAccount.create_for("Julian","Hurley") 2.0.0-p0 :022"> BankAccount.create_for("Katt","Smith") 2.0.0-p0 :023"> exec($0) 

What I want to know is, how do I get rid of that quotation mark? Or quit IRB from the command line in order to reset it?

Answer 1

If you haven't closed a quote, just put a quote in and hit return.

Exiting from the console can be done by typing exit, though in the circumstance your are would need to hit Control - C

Answer 2

Control - C followed by Control - Z. I hope it helps!