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Oooops i just typed "ip link set eth0 down" while i was sshed into a server. that ssh session is now stuck for the timeout. Is there a key I can press to kill the ssh session with out waiting for the timeout?

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Depends on which client you're using. Are you using Putty? Or a *nix client? – Mark Henderson♦ Mar 30 '10 at 22:59
it is a Linux client – Arthur Ulfeldt Mar 31 '10 at 0:41

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Assuming you're on some kind of Unix/Linux/OS X and running 'ssh' from a terminal;

<enter> ~.

(also ~? will show you lots of other sometimes helpful keys)

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Finally, something that actually works. I'd +10 if I could. – jcollum Dec 29 '11 at 2:05

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