Reputation: 257

What does '^' mean in this context?

Literally just launched SSH on my Rasberry Pi and have no idea what it means.

I'm editing a file from console and it says press ^X to exit, what exactly should I be pressing? I'm on windows 8.

Upvotes: 1

Answers (2)

Reputation: 12393

^ is a convention for representing Control key. Wikipedia mentions this in article on Control key:

Traditional notation. Instead of the caret, sometimes an “up arrowhead”    (U+2303, ⌃) is found.

Also note that ! is commonly used for Alt and + is used for Shift.

Upvotes: 4

Reputation: 3759

I always treat ^ as CTRL. Try CTRL+X.

Upvotes: 2