# Interrupting external processes

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interrupting-external-processes/2223
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [February 21, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interrupting-external-processes/2223 "2017-02-21T19:51:41Z")
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### Author: ![malmaud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/malmaud/32/29_2.png) [@malmaud](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/malmaud)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interrupting-external-processes/2223/1 "2017-02-21T19:51:41Z")

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How do I send an interrupt to an external process started with `open`? eg

```julia
_, process = open(`something`)

```

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### Author: ![Keno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/keno/32/285_2.png) [@Keno](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Keno)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interrupting-external-processes/2223/2 "2017-02-21T19:56:31Z")

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`kill(p, 2)` should do the trick.

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### Author: ![malmaud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/malmaud/32/29_2.png) [@malmaud](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/malmaud)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interrupting-external-processes/2223/3 "2017-02-21T20:07:27Z")

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Thanks!