Detach from IPython kernel without terminating it

Question

Can someone please tell me how I can detach from an IPython kernel without terminating it?

I see in the documentation of quit() that there is a parameter keep_kernel, but unfortunately quit(keep_kernel=True) won't work.

This bug has meanwhile been fixed in IPython, see github.com/ipython/ipython/pull/8483 — Michael Goerz
– Michael Goerz, Commented Nov 13, 2015 at 20:08

lebedov · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-02 17:47:05Z

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If you are connected to the kernel via the IPython console client and are on a Unix-like OS, you can detach using Ctrl-\

answered Jun 2, 2015 at 17:47

lebedov

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Update: this no longer appears to be the case (at least with IPython 5.3.0 and Python 2.7.13).