Thanks for this, it never occurred to me it used __repr__ for the message. I just added this to my .pythonrc exit.__class__.__repr__ = lambda _: exit()

Thanks for this, it never occurred to me it used __repr__ for the message. I just added this to my .pythonrc exit.__class__.__repr__ = lambda _: exit() quit = exit Edit, you also need this in your bashrc: export PYTHONSTARTUP=~/.pythonrc