# Rosrun command not working and my robot wont stop moving even after control +C and control +Z

**URL:** <https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/rosrun-command-not-working-and-my-robot-wont-stop-moving-even-after-control-c-and-control-z/12431>\
**Category:** Linux Basics For Robotics\
**Created:** [September 8, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/rosrun-command-not-working-and-my-robot-wont-stop-moving-even-after-control-c-and-control-z/12431 "2021-09-08T02:37:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![celenemeraz](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@celenemeraz](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/u/celenemeraz)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/rosrun-command-not-working-and-my-robot-wont-stop-moving-even-after-control-c-and-control-z/12431/1 "2021-09-08T02:37:54Z")

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Hi, I have created the new file test\_process.py. Since rosrun did not work for me I tried python test\_process.py which worked, but now I am unable to get my robot to stop. Why didn’t rosrun move\_bb8\_pkg test\_process.py work? It is also not stopping the robot when I click ctrl C or Z. It is overriding it. You can see when I attempt to press control C. I even deleted the test\_process, but to no avail. Any help would be much appreciated! Thank you!

 ![Unable to stop robot](https://get-help.robotigniteacademy.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c6d7dcdb43c1dd7540cdc8f524a9eecfa7cd071f.png)

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**Author:** ![ralves](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/user_avatar/get-help.theconstruct.ai/ralves/32/7039_2.png) [@ralves](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/u/ralves)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/rosrun-command-not-working-and-my-robot-wont-stop-moving-even-after-control-c-and-control-z/12431/2 "2021-09-08T12:15:45Z")

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Hi @celenemeraz,

when you have a process running in the **background** (after using `bg`), **CTRL+C** will not kill the process. `CTRL+C` only stops processes running in the **foreground**.

To stop a process running in the background you have to use the command below, in the same terminal where the command is executed in background:

```auto
kill %%

```

Cheers.

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**Author:** ![celenemeraz](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@celenemeraz](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/u/celenemeraz)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/rosrun-command-not-working-and-my-robot-wont-stop-moving-even-after-control-c-and-control-z/12431/3 "2021-09-09T01:05:51Z")

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Thank you very much for that! I will practice this before I develop a real robot! haha Thanks again!

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**Author:** ![bayodesegun](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/user_avatar/get-help.theconstruct.ai/bayodesegun/32/10684_2.png) [@bayodesegun](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/u/bayodesegun)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/rosrun-command-not-working-and-my-robot-wont-stop-moving-even-after-control-c-and-control-z/12431/4 "2021-09-09T09:57:20Z")

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