Question

I have been use the rails console for testing and learning purposes and when I encounter an error I cannot exit anymore using the “Control + C” command. Is there another command to exit?
This is what the console looks like when I try to do this:

ruby-1.9.2-p180 :026 > user.find_by_name("Test")
NoMethodError: undefined method `find_by_name' for #<User:0x00000100f991a0>
    from /Users/easierlife/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@rails3tutorial/gems/activemodel-3.0.7/lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb:367:in `method_missing'
    from /Users/easierlife/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@rails3tutorial/gems/activerecord-3.0.7/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb:46:in `method_missing'
    from (irb):26
    from /Users/easierlife/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@rails3tutorial/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:44:in `start'
    from /Users/easierlife/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@rails3tutorial/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:8:in `start'
    from /Users/easierlife/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@rails3tutorial/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/commands.rb:23:in `<top (required)>'
    from script/rails:6:in `require'
    from script/rails:6:in `<main>'
ruby-1.9.2-p180 :027 > ^C^C^C^C^C

Thanks

Answer 1

You could try:

• Ctrl D
• Ctrl Z and then Enter
• Typing exit, then Enter.