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Telnet Escape
Summary:On this page I'll show you how to close a telnet session on aix or cisco.
Date: Between 2010-2013
Refactor: 21 December 2024: Checked formatting.
How to close a telnet session on AIX or Cisco.
AIX
Do you also get this message when using telnet on AIX:
telnet 10.10.10.110 1059 Trying... Connected to 10.10.10.110. Escape character is '^]'.
And you can't get out? Press <CTRL>+5 followed by <ENTER> to logout:
Escape character is '^]'. telnet> quit Connection closed.
Cisco
To escape Cisco Telnet press <CTRL>+<SHIFT>+6 at the same time and then “x”. This puts it in the background.
You can go back to the session by simply hitting <ENTER>.
When you're back on the command prompt you'll have to type “disconnect” and confirm that you want to close the connection.
In this example I open the telnet session, but it in the background, reopen it, put it in the background again and then close it.
coreswitch01#telnet 10.10.10.100 53 Trying 10.10.10.100, 53 ... Open coreswitch01# [Resuming connection 1 to 10.10.10.100 ... ] coreswitch01#disconnect Closing connection to 10.10.10.100 [confirm]