How to return from grub prompt to the grub menu?

Question

If you press escape in grub menu you end up at the grub command prompt.

My question is, how can I go back to the menu, without rebooting?

score 119 · Answer 1 · edited May 19 '21 at 15:43

119

Type normal, hit Enter, and then tap Esc until the menu is displayed. Hitting Esc at this point won't drop you to the grub command prompt (so don't worry about hitting Esc too many times).

edited May 19 '21 at 15:43

Pablo Bianchi

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answered May 02 '18 at 13:28

Jake Magee

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score 46 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '16 at 17:53

46

Executing the normal command brought me back to the grub menu.

I found this command (and others) by pressing Tab in the grub CLI.

answered Jun 16 '16 at 17:53

Onderbetaald

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score 9 · Answer 3 · edited May 19 '21 at 15:46

9

Type exit and then press your Enter key twice. Or press Esc.

More info

edited May 19 '21 at 15:46

Pablo Bianchi

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answered Nov 24 '13 at 16:02

Braiam

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 19 '21 at 15:47

1

Shift + Esc: What worked for me was holding down Shift and pressing Esc several times.

edited May 19 '21 at 15:47

Pablo Bianchi

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answered Nov 16 '17 at 18:27

luca

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score -1 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 16 '23 at 01:39

-1

Press the q button or type :q.

edited Oct 16 '23 at 01:39

sotirov

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answered Jun 25 '23 at 06:23

Nghia Hoang

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score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 05 '24 at 00:12

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for me only writing 'halt' worked

answered Mar 05 '24 at 00:12

Pablo Ruiz

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How to return from grub prompt to the grub menu?

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