RE: [cobalt-users] Stopping tail -f

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Dom Latter wrote:

> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > 
> > The ^] is ctrl+] , 
> 
> And now I know.  Doofus here has attempted typing in "^]" 
> in the past.  I suppose making the login prompt say
> 
>   To disconnect, type Ctrl-]
> 
> would have been too obvious by far.

lol...well, it doesn't really 'disconnect' you, it puts you in command
mode, bet you didn't know telnet had a command mode did you, you have to
type 'close' to finish getting out, it can do other things too...
(cept the windows client probably doesn't)

^]
telnet> help
is interesting ;) [on a slow day]

it can also tell you useless things...

status
Connected to admin.?.com.
Operating in single character mode
Catching signals locally
Remote character echo
Local flow control
Escape character is '^]'.




gsh