You may occasionally need to stop a command line render before it has finished.

To stop a command line render on Windows

1. Open the Task Manager by doing one of the following:
   • Press ++ and the Task Manager button.
   • an empty space on the taskbar and select Task Manager from the menu that appears.
2. Click the Processes tab.
3. Select the Render.exe process.
4. Click the End Process button.

To stop a command line render on Mac OS X

1. You can quit a command line render from the dock. Right-click the Maya Renderer application in the dock and select Quit from the pop-up menu.

To stop a command line render on Linux

1. From a shell, list the top processes by entering:

   top
   

2. Note the render process ID.
3. To stop the process, enter:

   kill -2 <process ID>
   

   Tip

   You can use the Ctrl+C command to abort a batch render.