# terminate

The `terminate` statement will exit the transcript task immediately.

## Syntax

`terminate`

## Details

Normally a transformation script will finish execution when an error is encountered or when the end of the script file is reached, whichever comes first.

When the `terminate` statement is encountered, the script will finish at that point. No statements after the `terminate` statement will be executed.

## Example

```
var file = "system/extracted/mydata.csv"

if (@FILE_EXISTS(${file})) {
    import ${file} source my alias data
} else {
    terminate
}
```