Do when the SSH session is stuck

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Sometimes my ssh session in the terminal hangs. How can I exit the ssh session and reconnect?

Best Answer

Type ~. (i.e. tilde, period) at the beginning of a line. In other words, press Enter, then ~, then .. (In some languages, you may need to press Shift or Alt to enter the ~ character.)

Generally speaking, the ~ character is an escape character in an SSH session when you type it at the beginning of a line. Type Enter then ~? to see the list of escape commands. The most common ones are

  • ~. to terminate the connection
  • ~^Z (press ~ then Ctrl+Z) to suspend the connection and type a command locally (run the command fg to return to the SSH session)

If you want a tilde at the beginning of a line, press ~ twice.

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