How do I quit telnet without using standard Ctrl+] combination?

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The title says it all. Note that I'm using a non-US layout, Norwegian, so I can't create the Ctrl+] combination. I've found the trick before, but can't find it.

With french keyboard, on mac OsX, type ctrl + $ then type quit... — ling, Apr 23 '14 at 05:18

score 37 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 23:15

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Type Ctrl+] to enter the telnet menu, then enter quit. For more commands, see man telnet.

Edit: Haven't noticed that you can't type Ctrl+], but I would be surprised if there isn't a way to type that with every keyboard. But you can change the escape character with the commandline option -e [char].

edited May 23 '17 at 23:15

Giacomo1968

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I tried with -e y earlier, typing ctrl+y didn't work. – Trygve Laugstøl Apr 04 '11 at 10:07
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@trygvis: Found out why it didn't work: `-e y` makes the `y` key the escape key. To use `Ctrl+y` you have to use `-e ^y` (that is the circumflex character). – Apr 04 '11 at 10:32
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Ah, doh. Thanks! Ctrl-å is the easiest for me (less to type), but very nice to know anyway. Cheers! – Trygve Laugstøl Apr 04 '11 at 10:39
not all keyboard layouts contain "common" symbols. For example [Italian keyboard lacks `~` and backtick](https://superuser.com/q/667622/241386), [French keyboard lacks `@`](https://askubuntu.com/q/280492/253474) which sometimes makes programming almost impossible on inconvenient without changing layout. In this case [Finnish keyboard has no brackets](https://mooselander.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/brackets-on-a-swedish-keyboard/). [German keyboard](https://teamtreehouse.com/community/how-can-i-type-square-brackets-in-workspaces-on-a-german-keyboard-using-mac), too – phuclv May 24 '17 at 03:00
[Swedish keyboards](https://superuser.com/q/240994/241386) faces the same problem – phuclv May 24 '17 at 03:06

score 28 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 09 '12 at 09:35

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Not sure what layout you have, but for me in Finnish layout it is Ctrl + å.

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with Finnish layout and on Mac OS X it seems to be ctrl + ¨. Thanks for hinting me to right direction. – eis Oct 13 '15 at 07:58
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with German layout and on Mac OS X it seems to be ctrl + ü – moudrick Mar 28 '16 at 09:34
Spanish layout: ctrl + '+' – Sebastian Breit Dec 05 '16 at 17:52
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Same for Swedish keyboard! – Klas Mellbourn Oct 19 '18 at 20:19
Same for Norwegian (CTRL+Å) – Arjan Einbu Apr 04 '19 at 17:22

Xanlantos · Answer 3 · 2023-03-20T13:49:13.653

To answer your specific question: Ctrl+å then enter quit.

But to make it more fun it depends on your layout a lot:

(Remember on a Mac Ctrl is your ⌃ key)

Default: Ctrl+[
Dutch, Belgian: Ctrl+$
French: Ctrl+6
Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish: Ctrl+å
Swiss: Ctrl+¨
German: Ctrl+ü
Hungarian and Turkish: Ctrl+5
Portuguese: Ctrl+´
Canadian French: Ctrl+ç

then enter quit.

For more commands, see man telnet.

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 14 '16 at 13:48

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You can also use the command "set escape" followed by any key you want to set the escape character.

example: telnet> set escape ctrlp

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered May 23 '17 at 23:09

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I often don't remember the key-sequences... except at the telnet prompt this sequence works: telnet> quit

followed by the return key.

answered May 23 '17 at 23:09

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score -2 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 09 '22 at 13:11

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Ctrl5 (back to telnet) and then Ctrld (back to shell)

... helped me on following constellation

AWS Web Terminal (in Firefox)
Mac OS
German keyboard layout

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score -3 · Answer 7 · answered May 24 '21 at 11:02

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With UK keyboard is Ctrl ] then Ctrl \

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How do I quit telnet without using standard Ctrl+] combination?

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