Exiting Spark-shell from the scala script

Question

I am using this command to run scala scripts.

spark-shell -i test.scala

At the end of the execution of the script I still see spark-shell running.

I have used ":q/:quit" in the test.scala script to try and exit but it's not working.

charles gomes charles gomes · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-17T08:06:54

You need to add exit() at the end of your script to avoid stepping into scala REPL.

Helloworld.scala

print("Hello World");
print("Second Line");
print("Bye now");
exit()

Run above

spark-shell -i helloworld.scala