I don't think so. ssh allocates a ptty and programs write to that, which ssh then proxies back to you. There's a middle-man. These programs couldn't write dire

I don't think so. ssh allocates a ptty and programs write to that, which ssh then proxies back to you. There's a middle-man. These programs couldn't write directly to the port 22 TCP socket you use to connect, or their content wouldn't be encrypted or have the other various SSH beenfits.