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I often have SSH connections through Terminal that stop responding (like if I've left it overnight) but when I try to use the dead connection Terminal doesn't respond for several minutes until:

Write failed: Broken pipe

Is there a way I can tell bash to immediately disconnect (because I know the connection is dead) without closing/opening a new window?

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  • Does CTRL+C not work for that?
    – anguiac7
    Commented Nov 26, 2014 at 5:16
  • Agreed. CTRL+C should work.
    – Jerry
    Commented Nov 26, 2014 at 11:15
  • Should of mentioned that CTRL+C and CTRL+D do not work.
    – Elliot Chance
    Commented Nov 26, 2014 at 23:21
  • Control characters only send a signal to the application to be handled by the application. If the connection is dead the character waits to be sent like any other character typed.
    – Elliot Chance
    Commented Nov 26, 2014 at 23:22

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Reset to default
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You can type

~.

which ends the SSH connection. Normally it works immediately, but sometimes you may need to do it a few times.

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  • Worked perfectly first time for me :)
    – Elliot Chance
    Commented Nov 26, 2014 at 23:23

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