SSH Secret Menu

I've been using SSH for ~15 years and never knew about these escape sequences. I'm eagerly awaiting my next hung session so that I can test `~.`. It's much nicer than my current approach of having to close that terminal window.

Re: SSH Secret Menu

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Post by shmerl » Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 12:34 AM UTC

piccirello wrote: post #6

I've been using SSH for ~15 years and never knew about these escape sequences. I'm eagerly awaiting my next hung session so that I can test `~.`. It's much nicer than my current approach of having to close that terminal window.

I've been using ~. on hung ssh connections for a while.

Re: SSH Secret Menu

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Post by wolvoleo » Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 12:39 AM UTC

piccirello wrote: post #6

I've been using SSH for ~15 years and never knew about these escape sequences. I'm eagerly awaiting my next hung session so that I can test `~.`. It's much nicer than my current approach of having to close that terminal window.

I use that every day but it's the only one I know by heart lol

Re: SSH Secret Menu

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Post by MayeulC » Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 12:41 AM UTC

_kst_ wrote: post #5

That doesn't do much good if you set `EscapeChar` to `none` in `.ssh/config`. I find it convenient not to have to worry about accidentally entering escape characters. YMMV.

Note that it only works after pressing enter, so the odds are slim. In practice, I don't think I ever hit it by accident.

Re: SSH Secret Menu

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Post by wolvoleo » Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 12:42 AM UTC

_kst_ wrote: post #5

That doesn't do much good if you set `EscapeChar` to `none` in `.ssh/config`. I find it convenient not to have to worry about accidentally entering escape characters. YMMV.

SSH does it pretty well though. Never once have I done it by mistake.