title: Stopping a PowerShell command
body: <p>How do I stop a PowerShell command when it has started executing?</p>
  
  <p>E.g. How do I stop a command like this   </p>
  
  <pre><code>Select-String -Path c:\*.* "Cat"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>without having to kill my PowerShell terminal?</p>
  
  <p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>C</kbd> or <kbd>Break</kbd> does not work.</p>