ESCAPE CHARACTERS

When a pseudo-terminal has been requested, ssh supports a number of

functions through the use of an escape character.

A single tilde character can be sent as ~~ or by following the tilde by

a character other than those described below. The escape character

must always follow a newline to be interpreted as special. The escape

character can be changed in configuration files using the EscapeChar

configuration directive or on the command line by the -e option.

The supported escapes (assuming the default ‘~’) are:

~. Disconnect.

~^Z Background ssh.

~# List forwarded connections.

~& Background ssh at logout when waiting for forwarded connection

/ X11 sessions to terminate.

~? Display a list of escape characters.

~B Send a BREAK to the remote system (only useful if the peer sup‐

ports it).

~C Open command line. Currently this allows the addition of port

forwardings using the -L, -R and -D options (see above). It

also allows the cancellation of existing port-forwardings with

-KL[bind_address:]port for local, -KR[bind_address:]port for

remote and -KD[bind_address:]port for dynamic port-forwardings.

!command allows the user to execute a local command if the

PermitLocalCommand option is enabled in ssh_config(5). Basic

help is available, using the -h option.

~R Request rekeying of the connection (only useful if the peer

supports it).

~V Decrease the verbosity (LogLevel) when errors are being written

to stderr.

~v Increase the verbosity (LogLevel) when errors are being written

to stderr.