Escape character

Erik Skultety eskultet at redhat.com
Fri Mar 27 14:14:45 UTC 2020


On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:48:58PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:45:21PM +0100, Ján Tomko wrote:
> > On a Friday in 2020, john doe wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to understand how to use the escape character '^]' with the
> > > below command:
> > >
> > > virt-install --name=try06 --graphic none --pxe --network bridge=virbr0
> > > --console pty,target_type=serial
> > >
> > > "Starting install...
> > > Connected to domain try06
> > > Escape character is ^]"
> > >
> > > When I try to do '^]', it does not escape.
> > >
> >
> > This is not a character sequence, '^]' is a way of saying: Ctrl + ]
>
> Stop me if i'm being too adventurous here, but perhaps we should
> change the text to say....
>
>  Escape character is Ctrl + ]

Well, as we can clearly see, not everyone is familiar with the caret notation.
So, I definitely support such a change.

--
Erik Skultety




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