Cisco ASR 14000 Series Management Command Reference page 692

escape-character
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
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.
Syntax Description
break
number
character
default
none
Defaults
The default escape character is ^^X.
Command Modes Line template configuration
Command History Release
Release 3.7.1
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 Task ID
tty-access
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
Cisco ASR 14000 Series Router System Management Command Reference
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escape-character {break | number | character | default | none}
no escape-character
Sets the escape character to the Break key.
ASCII decimal equivalent of the escape character. Range is from 0 through
255.
Escape character.
Specifies the default escape character (^^X).
Disables the escape function.
Modification
This command was introduced on the Cisco ASR 14000 Series Router.
Operations
read, write
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