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Claude Code is mid-execution on a 47-file rename task. The developer wants to stop after the first 10 files have been renamed and then continue the remaining files in a separate, more focused instruction. What is the correct approach?

• Press Escape to open the interrupt menu, then provide a narrowed scope instruction for the remaining files
• Type the /stop command to cleanly halt execution at the current file
• Pass --max-files=10 to the original command to limit the batch size
• Prefix the original task with @scope:10 to constrain execution to 10 files

Answer: Press Escape to open the interrupt menu, then provide a narrowed scope instruction for the remaining files

Pressing Escape during an active task opens an interrupt menu that allows the developer to pause or stop execution. After stopping, the developer can then issue a new instruction with a narrowed scope covering only the remaining files. /stop is not a recognized built-in slash command. There is no --max-files flag in the CLI. @scope:10 is not a valid Claude Code syntax.

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