C i s c o C o n f i d e n t i a l - B e t a R e v i e w R 3 . 7. 1
Terminal Services Commands on Cisco IOS XR Software
escape-character
SMR-690
Cisco ASR 14000 Series Router System Management Command Reference
OL-17231-01
escape-character
To define a character to escape a session, use the
escape-character
command in line template
configuration mode. To remove the
escape-character
command from the configuration file and restore
the system to its default condition, use the
no
form of this command.
escape-character
{
break
|
number
|
character
|
default
|
none
}
no escape-character
Syntax Description
Defaults
The default escape character is ^^X.
Command Modes
Line template configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
To use this command, you must be in a user group associated with a task group that includes the proper
task IDs.
Use the
escape-character
command to define an escape character sequence that is different from the
default. Use the escape character to exit from an existing connection and return to the EXEC prompt.
See the “ASCII Character Set and Hexidecimal Values” appendix for a list of ASCII characters.
The default escape key sequence is Ctrl-Shift-6, X (^^X).The
escape-character default
command sets
the escape character to the Break key (the default setting for the Break key is Ctrl-C).
Task ID
Examples
The following example shows how to set the escape character for the default line template to Ctrl-P,
which is the ASCII decimal character 16:
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config)#
line default
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config-line)#
escape-character 16
break
Sets the escape character to the Break key.
number
ASCII decimal equivalent of the escape character. Range is from 0 through
255.
character
Escape character.
default
Specifies the default escape character (^^X).
none
Disables the escape function.
Release
Modification
Release 3.7.1
This command was introduced on the Cisco ASR 14000 Series Router.
Task ID
Operations
tty-access
read, write
