it's important to note that this needs to be preceeded by a newline to work. so: <ret>~? (list possible escapes) <ret>~. (disconnect session) If you'

it's important to note that this needs to be preceeded by a newline to work. so: <ret>~? (list possible escapes) <ret>~. (disconnect session) If you're dumping binary data through ssh as a pipe, this can sometimes bite you if these sequences appear in your data. ssh -oEscapeChar=none ... handles that situation. (for the gory details, man ssh_config)