# Exit command

The `Exit` command causes the `ij` application to complete and processing to halt.

Issuing this command from within a file started with the `Run` command or on the command line causes the outermost input loop to halt.

`ij` automatically shuts down a Derby database running in an embedded environment (that is, it issues a `Connect 'jdbc:derby:;shutdown=true`' request) on exit.

`ij` exits when the `Exit` command is entered or, if given a command file on the Java invocation line, when the end of the command file is reached.

## Syntax

    EXIT

## Example

    ij> disconnect;
    ij> exit;

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