# How do I control recording sessions in the command-line interface? (/en/api-reference/faq/integration/cmd_control_record)

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### Start and pause recording [#start-and-pause-recording]

If you use the automatic mode (default), the recording starts automatically when a user joins the channel. In this mode, you cannot pause the recording.

If you use the manual mode (`triggerMode` set as 1), use the following methods to start and pause the recording:

* To control all the recording sessions:

  * Start recording: `killall -s 10 recorder_local`
  * Pause recording：`killall -s 12 recorder_local`

* To control an individual recording session:

  1. Get the PID：`ps aux | grep 'channelName'`
  2. Control the recording session by the PID

     * Start recording：`kill -s 10 PID`
     * Pause recording：`kill -s 12 PID`

### Stop recording [#stop-recording]

The recording stops automatically when there is no user in the channel after a time period set by the idle parameter. The default value is 300 seconds.

To manually stop recording, press **Ctrl** + **C** to end the command-line session.