Figure 13: cu tilde commands

~.                              exit connection

~!                              escapes to an interactive shell on the local system

~!cmd                           runs cmd on the local system (using sh -c)

~$cmd                           runs cmd locally, and sends the output to the
remote system

~%take remote [ local ]         gets the file remote and copies it to
the local system, using the file named

in [ local ].  If not specified, it uses
the same name.

~%put local [ remote ]          put the file named in local onto the
remote system using the filename in
[ remote ].  If not specified, it uses
the same name.

~%b or ~%break                  send a break chararcter  to the remote
system

~~...                           sends the line ~... to the remote
system.  Any line which starts with a
tilde for the remote system to process
must be prefixed with a tilde.

~%nonstop                       Turn off XON/XOFF flow control.  Used
on systems which do not respond or
interpret this protocol correctly.