How to close IPython Notebook properly?

Question

How to close IPython Notebook properly?

Currently, I just close the browser tabs and then use Ctrl+C in the terminal.
Unfortunately, neither e

Answer 1

If you run jupyter in the background like me:

jupyter notebook &> /dev/null &

Then to exit jupyter completely, instead of Ctl-C, make an alias command:

echo 'alias quitjupyter="kill $(pgrep jupyter)"' >> ~/.bashrc

Restart your terminal. Kill all jupyter instances:

quitjupyter

Note: use double quotes inside of single quotes as shown above. The other way around will evaluate the expression before writing it to your .bashrc (you want to write the command itself not 'kill 1430' or whatever process number may be associated with a current jupyter instance). Of course you can use any alias you wish. I actually use 'qjup':

echo 'alias qjup="kill $(pgrep jupyter)"' >> ~/.bashrc

Restart your terminal. Kill all jupyter instances:

qjup