Change Command+Period Keyboard Shortcut

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I would like to change the Terminal interrupt keyboard shortcut to ideally Command+Shift+C. Just this shortcut solely.

Is there a feasible way to do this?

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The following was created, tested and works for me in macOS High Sierra.

Create the Automator service...

In Automator:

File > New, or press: ⌘N
Select Service and click the Choose button.
Configure the settings as shown in the first image below.
Add a Run AppleScript action.
Replace the default code with the example AppleScript code.
Save as e.g.: My Terminal Interrupt

Example AppleScript code:

tell application "System Events" to keystroke "c" using control down

Assigning the keyboard shortcut...

In System Preferences...

System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services add ⇧⌘C (press Shift-Command-C) to the My Terminal Interrupt service, as shown in the image below.
- Note: A word about the shortcut you assign... ⇧⌘C is offered as a suggestion however, you'll need to select one that doesn't conflict with Terminal (or any other app that has focus if setting the service to any application) when pressed. This may require a strange combination or a four character combo. ⇧⌘C worked fo me in Terminal after changing the default for the Show Colors command, shown further below.

Terminal already uses ⇧⌘C for the Edit menu > Show Colors command, so you'll need to change that to e.g. ^⇧⌘C (Control-Shift-Command-C).

Changing the default keyboard shortcut...

System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts
1. Click the [+] button
2. Change Application: from All Applications to: Terminal
3. For Menu Title: type: Show Colors
4. For Keyboard Shortcut: type, e.g.: ^⇧⌘C
5. Click the Add button.

Now when in Terminal and I need to interrupt a running command, I press ⇧⌘C instead of ^C
(or ⌘.) to stop the process.

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You can use Automator to create a service for this. Open Automator and click “New Document,” then choose the Service template:

Next, click on the “Service receives selected text” dropdown and choose “no input:”

Next, add a “Run AppleScript” action:

Click “Actions” in the sidebar
Ensure the “Library” row in the first column is selected
Search for “AppleScript”
Double-click the “Run AppleScript” row in the search results

In the action on the right side of the window, paste this AppleScript into the text box:

on run {input, parameters}
    tell application "System Events"
        repeat 2 times
            keystroke tab
        end repeat
        keystroke (ASCII character 31) -- down arrow
        keystroke "s"
        repeat 2 times
            keystroke return
        end repeat
    end tell
    return input
end run

Next, click the “compile” ( hammer ? ) button to verify that the code was pasted correctly:

Choose File → Save (or ⌘ + S), and type in a name you’ll remember. Next, open System Preferences ( → System Preferences…) and click “Keyboard.” Under the “Shortcuts” tab, select “Services” in the left list. Scroll to the bottom of the main list, under the “General” section, and select the service you just created. Click the “Add Shortcut” button and type the keyboard shortcut you’d like to use.

The shortcut should now work.

^{Based on the other answer}

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