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  • what are your terminal settings? ie what exactly is the TERM environment variable set to (in the remote shell)? Commented Apr 11, 2010 at 21:28
  • $TERM is set to 'xterm' Commented Apr 11, 2010 at 21:33
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    Does Ctrl-[ work? What do you get if you press Ctrl-v then escape? It should show as ^[. Commented Apr 11, 2010 at 21:35
  • The Ctrl-[ worked. Rock on! This saves me a lot of frustration. Is there any chance you can explain why esc no longer works? Also, please post your comment as an answer so I can accept it. Commented Apr 11, 2010 at 21:42
  • My first thought when reading this: "Oh he broke his 'Get me the heck out of here' button"
    – Daniel
    Commented Nov 10, 2016 at 17:41