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@vassudanagunta I agree with you on that point, it's definitely not very "intuitive" as it is right now.

on the other hand, the fact that there is already a mechanism in place to "cancel" interactive mode also means that adding support for a q or x shortcut to do the same thing shouldn't need entirely new functionality, just a small adjustment to which key actually triggers it.

either way, a short message in the initial usage notes would clear this up for everyone.

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Thanks for the suggestion. I'd be happy with q for quit.

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just thinking out loud here, but perhaps this could be "fixed" by simply updating the input descriptions for interactive mode?

pressing "escape" cancels the interactive mode prompt, returning the user to their terminal, as (I imagine) the OP would expect q or x to do.

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@ZaLiTHkA Good to know. But not very obvious or intuitive: In my experience, ESC is a standard idiom for cancellation in GUI apps. If I am remembering correctly, all the CLIs I've used exit on q or x. If I am not, I would suggest that it match most user expectations / CLI conventions. For me personally, I am fine with ESC.

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