Control-\: Difference between revisions

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Under most [[UNIX]] based operating systems control-\ is used to terminate a running [[process (computing)|process]] from a [[shell (computing)|command shell]] and have it produce a [[core dump|memory core dump]] by sending it a [[SIGQUIT]] [[signal (computing)|signal]].

In the [[Emacs]] text editor, it is the default keystroke mapping for the [[undoautocompletion]] function (''cf.'' [[Control-Z|Ctrl-Z]] in other editors).

==See also==

*[[Control-C]]