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Connecting with telnet looks like this:
$ telnet some.host
Trying 10.1.2.3...
Connected to some.host.
Escape character is '^]'.
I'm running this on the OS X Leopard terminal. Question is, how do I send this escape character? On a Linux terminal I'd try ESC-5 or CTRL-5, but I cannot figure out how to do this on OS X.
Ville Laurikari
Posted 2009-07-15T08:42:09.473
Reputation: 555
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The ^] means ctrl + right bracket. As strange as that is, it works. You'll be taken to the telnet prompt, where you can type quit.
On international keyboards the ] character is often not a single key, and needs to be replaced with some other key. The correct key is typically the key to the right of P or the next key after that.
Here's a list based on comments below:
jtbandes
Posted 2009-07-15T08:42:09.473
Reputation: 8 350
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Workaround for those who have problems finding the shortcut:
Change your systems keyboard language to U.S international - PC (System Settings/keyboard/input sources)
Look at an image of a US keyboard layout and ctrl+] the corresponding keys on your keyboard
elhombre
Posted 2009-07-15T08:42:09.473
Reputation: 323
Ctrl+] is right! – Mark Turner – 2009-07-15T08:51:05.257
5Ahhh, of course. Except that with my Finnish keyboard layout, it's control + å. Naturally. Thanks :) – Ville Laurikari – 2009-07-15T08:53:00.760
This doesn't work on newer OSX machines, at least not with iTerm. – tedivm – 2017-12-21T21:36:45.170
In Spanish/Latin Keyboard it is
Ctrl+5– Andrés Morales – 2018-12-03T17:56:26.207Nothing works w/ Japanese keyboard. – Jonny – 2019-07-05T06:07:27.223
Turkish Ctrl + Shift + Ü – mcolak – 2019-07-31T11:21:07.863
1And on the french keyboard it’s
ctrl-6. – kmkaplan – 2011-02-05T18:58:41.2604On German Keyboard on OSX it is CTRL-Ü (Umlaut U) – None – 2011-07-29T18:54:54.820
1On a Swiss Keyboard it is Ctrl-¨. Why o why did the telnet developer need to use the group separator GS. So difficult to type on foreign keyboards. – Martin – 2012-05-08T15:31:44.583
4on Hungarian (and many more) it is
Ctrl+5– törzsmókus – 2012-05-15T10:13:34.5101Ctrl+å in sweden – fredrik – 2012-10-11T07:13:26.123
1On a belgian keyboard it is ctrl + $ – tom – 2013-08-21T07:04:17.333