Escape character ?

juanb · 08-31-2004, 08:48 AM

Hi,

today I telnet to another server on port 25. Irecuved the following:

[root@juanbox root]# telnet 213.107.80.43 25
Trying 213.107.80.43...
Connected to 213.137.80.43 (213.107.80.43).
Escape character is '^]'.

after I tested some commands I wanted to get out bot I didnt knew how.

what is this Escape character ? how to use it ?

thanks!!

scuzzman · 08-31-2004, 09:01 AM

Whenever you see '^]' or any variation thereof ie '^C' '^V' '^Z' '^D' etc etc it means it is a control sequence, ie: hold Ctrl and hit the corresponding key.
The escape sequence for telnet is ^] or Ctrl+] (hold Ctrl and hit ]) and it should kill your telnet session.

stickman · 08-31-2004, 10:03 AM

Hitting CTRL and ] should bring you to a "telnet>" prompt where you can pass commands (ie quit and status).