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Automate sequence of keys to recover a stuck SSH session

Close stuck SSH sessions describes this method, which works great.

press enter, tilde (~), and then period (.)

This works great, but I always forget the sequence of keys. I use bash, vim, and tmux, but I can't think of a way to automate this. Any ideas? Thanks!

Solution

  • I think tmux send-keys command should do the trick. Here's a snippet for your .tmux.conf:

    bind t send-keys "C-m" "~."

    Notice C-m is provided as a separate argument from tilde and dot. That way it's "recognized" as Enter.

    I tested this on the (regular, non stuck) ssh session by pressing prefix + t and it worked.