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<h3 class="section">1.1 Running Octave</h3>
<p>On most systems, Octave is started with the shell command
‘<samp><span class="samp">octave</span></samp>’. Octave displays an initial message and then a prompt
indicating it is ready to accept input. You can begin typing Octave
commands immediately afterward.
<p>If you get into trouble, you can usually interrupt Octave by typing
<kbd>Control-C</kbd> (written <kbd>C-c</kbd> for short). <kbd>C-c</kbd> gets
its name from the fact that you type it by holding down <CTRL> and
then pressing <c>. Doing this will normally return you to Octave's
prompt.
<p><a name="index-exiting-octave-8"></a><a name="index-quitting-octave-9"></a>To exit Octave, type <kbd>quit</kbd>, or <kbd>exit</kbd> at the Octave prompt.
<p>On systems that support job control, you can suspend Octave by sending
it a <code>SIGTSTP</code> signal, usually by typing <kbd>C-z</kbd>.
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