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Quitting Octave

exit (status) Built-in Function
quit (status) Built-in Function
Exit the current Octave session. If the optional integer value status is supplied pass that value to the operating system as the Octave's exit status.

atexit (fcn) Built-in Function
Register a function to be called when Octave exits. For example
          function print_fortune ()
            printf ("\n%s\n" system ("fortune"));
            fflush (stdout);
          endfunction
          atexit ("print_fortune");
          

will print a message when Octave exits.