Sorry to contribute to this off-topic thread, but I have useful information.
Verily, on Thursday June 14, 2001, the Sainted Derek Harding spake:
> What Javier says is very true about using ssh but if something happens to
> lock up at the remote computer it can be hard to get out with ssh without
> resorting to killing processes whereas, if the network is secure from
> peeking, one can end a telnet session with the "Ctrl-]" combination.
>From the SSH Client Manual Page:
If a pseudo-terminal has been allocated (normal login session), the user
can disconnect with "~.". (Quotes added by jjf).
This is directly analogous to telnet's '^-]' escape character. SSH has other
'~' sequences as well.
John
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