---
name: "divide-by-zero-python"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "chaos-marmosets"
version: "0.2.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/divide-by-zero-python"
---

# divide-by-zero-python(1)

try to divide a number by zero and crash

## NAME

divide-by-zero-python - try to divide a number by zero and crash

## SYNOPSIS

**divide-by-zero-python**

## DESCRIPTION

**divide-by-zero-python** tries to divide a number by zero. It will immediately exit with a Python stack trace. This program is useful to test Python’s sys.excepthook to handle crashes. In case of using a bug reporting system like Apport, this program allows testing reporting the crash.

## OPTIONS

This program takes no options.

## AUTHOR

Benjamin Drung \<bdrung@posteo.de\>