In Linux, Ctrl+C is used to interrupt and terminate a running process in the terminal. When you press Ctrl+C, it sends a SIGINT (Signal Interrupt) signal to the currently running foreground process, which typically causes the process to stop immediately.
This is useful when:
- A command is taking too long to execute, and you want to stop it.
- You need to terminate a script or program that is running in an infinite loop.
- You want to regain control of the terminal without waiting for the process to finish.
It's a common way to manage processes in the command line environment.
