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== Exiting the Shell ==
In general, there's no need to exit the shell. It's almost always sufficient to close your terminal emulator. An advantage to this approach is that the next time you connect to the server, you'll be in exactly the same place where you left off. However, on rare occasions, the terminal emulator can become "confused" and display characters in odd places. In such a case, there's still no need to exit; instead, use the '''reset''' command.
In general, there's no need to exit the shell. It's almost always sufficient to close your terminal emulator. An advantage to this approach is that the next time you connect to the server you'll be in exactly the same place where you left off. However, on rare occasions the terminal emulator can become "confused" and display characters in odd places. In such a case, there's still no need to exit; instead, use the '''reset''' command.




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In general, there's no need to exit the shell. It's almost always sufficient to close your terminal emulator. An advantage to this approach is that the next time you connect to the server, you'll be in exactly the same place where you left off. However, on rare occasions, the terminal emulator can become "confused" and display characters in odd places. In such a case, there's still no need to exit; instead, use the reset command.