Starting and Stopping the Erlang Shell
On a Unix system (including Mac OS X), you start the Erlang shell from a command prompt; on a Windows system, click the Erlang icon in the Windows Start menu.
| | $ erl |
| | Erlang R16B (erts-5.10.1) [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:10] |
| | [hipe] [kernel-poll:false] |
| | Eshell V5.10.1 (abort with ^G) |
| | 1> |
This is the Unix command to start the Erlang shell. The shell
responds with a banner telling you which version of Erlang you
are running.
The easiest way to stop the system is just to press Ctrl+C
(Windows Ctrl+Break) followed by a (short for abort),
as follows:
| | BREAK: (a)bort (c)ontinue (p)roc info (i)nfo (l)oaded |
| | (v)ersion (k)ill (D)b-tables (d)istribution |
| | a |
| | $ |
Typing a will immediately stop ...
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