How to exit a "virsh console" connection?

Question

Is there any special characters involved? I want to be able to open a console connection in my application and exit upon completion of a task

score 62 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '22 at 08:25

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To get out from a virsh console (with a standard English keyboard) try:

Ctrl+]

or

Ctrl+5

All those special keys are quite a problem when using keyboards other than a standard English one.

For example on a Swedish keyboard the combination would be: Ctrl+Shift+å

edited May 23 '22 at 08:25

Itai Dagan

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answered Oct 25 '13 at 15:12

Claes Lindvall

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g2mk · Answer 2 · 2018-02-09T08:39:42.433

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Danish keyboard:
- Ctrl+Shift+^¨~
English keyboard:
- Ctrl+Shift+5
- Ctrl+Shift+]
French keyboard:
- Ctrl+Shift+5
- Ctrl+Shift+$€* (OS X)
German keyboard:
- Ctrl+Shift+5
- Strg+Shift+5
- ctrl+alt+6 (Mac)
Norwegian keyboard:
- Ctrl+Shift+^¨~
Swedish keyboard:
- Ctrl+Shift+å (OS X)

Brettetete
- Ctrl++

edited Feb 09 '18 at 08:39

answered Jan 22 '16 at 19:11

g2mk

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 25 '14 at 08:36

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Norwegian keyboard; CTRL + "^¨~" button

answered Aug 25 '14 at 08:36

Christoffer Smørås

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 20 '15 at 13:31

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With german keyboard Ctrl+5 worked. (Strg+5)

answered Aug 20 '15 at 13:31

Bohne

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 26 '15 at 17:10

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With French keyboard, OS X: Ctrl+$. (On the Apple wireless French keyboard, $, €, and * are on a key to the left of the Enter key.) See this picture:

edited Oct 26 '15 at 17:10

Scott - Слава Україні

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answered Oct 26 '15 at 08:13

hedi

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 17 '17 at 14:32

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Workaround for those who have problems finding the shortcut:

Change your systems keyboard language to a U.S Keyboard language
Look at an image of a US keyboard layout and ctrl+] the corresponding keys on your keyboard

answered Feb 17 '17 at 14:32

elhombre

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 12 '24 at 09:48

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MacBookPro with Swiss German layout: Ctrl+¨ ("under" the !, to the left of Enter).

answered Mar 12 '24 at 09:48

alexs77

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 10 '15 at 19:17

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CTRL + +

worked for me. all the other solutions in here didn't

answered Oct 10 '15 at 19:17

Brettetete

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score -1 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 04 '16 at 12:42

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On German Mac Keyboard: ctrl+alt+6

answered Mar 04 '16 at 12:42

Fadi Asbih

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score -2 · Answer 10 · edited Dec 30 '15 at 17:38

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On a French keyboard, CTRL+Shift+5 works great.

edited Dec 30 '15 at 17:38

nc4pk

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answered Dec 30 '15 at 14:48

Jeff

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