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More generally, type ~ as an escape sequence. For example, type ~^Z to put a session in the background. Similarly, type ~~ to send an escape sequence in an in
by grive 10y ago
More generally, type ~ as an escape sequence.
For example, type ~^Z to put a session in the background.
Similarly, type ~~ to send an escape sequence in an inner session, etc...
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago... There's a program called SSH to get to another CPU. Tilde is the escape, it's doubled to send it through, And "quit" is tilde-. I think you know how the rest goes...
- likeclockwork 10y agoWhat does this reference?
- lake99 10y agoI am not sure, but it looks vaguely familiar. There is a text-based game called adventure game called Dunnet where you come across a CPU card, and do some stuff with it later on. As far as I remember, the game predates SSH, so the game either had Telnet or FTP. My memory fades.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoIt references "The TELNET Song" by Guy L. Steele (a.k.a The Great Quux). The original is about Telnet, and given the subject of discussion, the reference seemed a natural one to make.
- scubbojj 10y agoI don't - and in fact I finally got around to creating a HN account in order to ask you. Googling that just leads me back to this discussion. What's it from?
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoIt's parodying "the TELNET song," by Guy L. Steele.
- nandhp 10y agoFor more information: http://wonderingminstrels.blogspot.com/2004/01/telnet-song-guy-l-steele-jr.html http://wonderingminstrels.blogspot.com/2004/01/telnet-song-g... If you have an ACM subscription, the sheet music was published in Communications of the ACM (Volume 27, Issue 4; April 1984): http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1035691 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1035691
- voidz 10y agoOr type ~? for a list of escapes.