I have setup a run configuration in Eclipse and need to send SIGINT (Ctrl+C) to the program. There is cleanup code in the program that runs after SIGINT, so pressing Eclipse's "Terminate" buttons won't work (they send SIGKILL I think). Typing CTRL+C into the Console also doesn't work.
How do I send SIGINT to a process running inside an Eclipse Console?
(FWIW I am running a Twisted daemon and need Twisted to shutdown correctly, which only occurs on SIGINT)
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I'm making an answer out of a modification of Artur Czajka's comment.
You can use pkill -SIGINT -f ProgramName. Explanation: pkill is similar to killall, -SIGINT states the signal to be used, -f makes it work better in this case (it will look through arguments and stuff instead of just the command name), and ProgramName is the target for pkill.
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in some versions, you can do the following.
In the Debug perspective, you can open a view called "Signals" (Window/Show View/Signals" or Left-Bottom Icon).
You will get a list of all supported signals. Right-click and "Resume with Signal" will give you the result you need.
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You can send the command via one line:
kill -SIGINT $(ps aux | grep ProgrammName | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')
Get the process id and than send the sigint signal
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That still seems to be an open issue: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=38016
Just for the sake of completeness: If you came here to find a way to terminate a read line from System.in,
Ctrl + Z worked for me (on Windows).
If you can determine the process with a utility such as ps, you can use kill to send it a SIGINT. The program will likely be a child process of eclipse.