signal to stop script in python

Question

i am trying out signals for the first time with python and i created some basic script that just cant seem to get it right. Can somebody explain where im making the mistake?

import signal
import sys


def signal_abort_script(signal, frame):
    """
    Signal handler function to catch KeyboardInterrupt (Ctrl+C) and exit the script gracefully.
    """
    sys.exit()


def main():
    # Set up the signal handler to catch KeyboardInterrupt (Ctrl+C)
    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_abort_script)

    # print not stopped forever
    while True:
        print("not stopped forever")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Answer 1

just included the sleep and a print statement to just see the result

result was ok

$ winpty python test.py
not stopped forever
not stopped forever
pressed ctrl C

import signal
import sys
import time


def signal_abort_script(signal, frame):
    """
    Signal handler function to catch KeyboardInterrupt (Ctrl+C) and exit the script gracefully.
    """
    print("pressed ctrl C")
    sys.exit()


def main():
    # Set up the signal handler to catch KeyboardInterrupt (Ctrl+C)
    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_abort_script)

    # print not stopped forever
    while True:
        time.sleep(1)
        print("not stopped forever")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()