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Exit-PSHostProcess

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Module:
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core

Closes an interactive session with a local process.

Syntax

Exit-PSHostProcess []

Description

The Exit-PSHostProcess cmdlet closes an interactive session with a local process that you have opened by running the Enter-PSHostProcess cmdlet. You run the Exit-PSHostProcess cmdlet from within the process, when you are finished debugging or troubleshooting a script that is running within a process. Beginning in PowerShell 6.2, this cmdlet is supported on non-Windows platforms.

Examples

Example 1: Exit a process

[Process:1520]: PS>  Exit-PSHostProcess
PS>

In this example, you have been working in an active process to debug a script running in a runspace in the process, as described in Enter-PSHostProcess. After you type the exit command to exit the debugger, run the Exit-PSHostProcess cmdlet to close your interactive session with the process. The cmdlet closes your session in the process, and returns you to the PS C:\> prompt.