Close[obj]
closes a stream or socket.


Close
Close[obj]
closes a stream or socket.
Details

- The argument to Close can be an InputStream or OutputStream object, or a SocketObject.
- If there is only one stream with a particular name, the argument to Close can be "name".
See Also
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History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0) | Updated in 2017 (11.2)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), Close, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Close.html (updated 2017).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "Close." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2017. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Close.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). Close. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Close.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_close, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Close}", year="2017", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Close.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_close, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Close}, year={2017}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Close.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}