From ba15bbfe33f4d6174526a03fda1b3b543a0b1d12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Johnston Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:08:57 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Document escape chars --- dbclient.1 | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/dbclient.1 b/dbclient.1 index 29d8cd8..aac32ff 100644 --- a/dbclient.1 +++ b/dbclient.1 @@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ Login as on the remote host. .TP .B \-t -Allocate a pty. +Allocate a PTY. .TP .B \-T -Don't allocate a pty. +Don't allocate a PTY. .TP .B \-N Don't request a remote shell or run any commands. Any command arguments are ignored. @@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ Note that hostnames are resolved by the prior hop (so "canyons" would be resolve in the example above, the same way as other -L TCP forwarded hosts are. Host keys are checked locally based on the given hostname. +.SH ESCAPE CHARACTERS +Typing a newline followed by the key sequence \fI~.\fR (tilde, dot) will terminate a connection. +The sequence \fI~^Z\fR (tilde, ctrl-z) will background the connection. This behaviour only +applies when a PTY is used. + .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP .B DROPBEAR_PASSWORD