What is Exit (command)?
{{lowercase}} <code>exit</code> is a command on the [[wikt:terminal|terminal]] in many [[operating systems]] and [[scripting language]]s. It is used to stop all processes that are running in the terminal and close the terminal window. This is also the command to use to safely end all processes in the terminal. Using this command will log the [[wikt:user|user]] out of his/her [[wikt:session|session]] in the terminal. Many scripting languages, like [[Perl]] and [[PHP]] uses this command. {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Computer science]]