I can't use square brackets in windows terminal if I use ssh connection

[smirnova-anv]

Hello!
I have this problem, what do I do wrong?

I open windows terminal, in it I can use signs: [ ] and #.
Then I open ssh connection with my virtual machine (Virtual Box, Linux, Fedora 30, Ssh-Server, also docker is running in it). And while ssh-connection works, I can not use signs [ ] and # neither in terminal, neither in nano / vim.

I have tried:
change leanguage
sudo dnf update
sudo dnf nano upgrade
Nothing works.

Please, how can I use [ ] and # in Windows Terminal while I use ssh-connection?
I use Windows 10 x64 prof 1909 version

Thx

[zadjii-msft]

What ssh client are you using? ssh from WSL, ssh.exe that's built in to Windows, or maybe some other version?

What's the output of echo $TERM and infocmp while ssh'd in to the VM?

What keyboard layout are you using?

Which version of the Terminal?

[smirnova-anv]

For strange way it works now!
Thank you, guys!

[DHowett]

That is very strange. Thanks for following up! I'll close this out, but please let me know if it comes back.

[VitalyArtemiev]

@DHowett
I have the same problem. All symbols in Windows Terminal work fine. I ssh to a debian-based system (tried Ubuntu and Raspbian), and lose ability to type symbols, like ` ~ < > { } [ ] @ # $ etc.
Some of the symbols I'm having trouble with require Shift, some don't, like ` or [ ].
I can input % & * without any problem.

Using powershell or cmd through Terminal doesn't make a difference, both fail to send these symbols. If I use ssh through plain old cmd shell or powershell without Windows Terminal, everything works fine.

Pasting symbols doesn't work either. It's not a visual glitch, the symbols are not there after typing into a file, saving, and opening through another shell. I also have WSL installed, I have no trouble typing these symbols into Ubuntu there, so ssh is somehow involved in the problem.

I've found a possibly related problem here: microsoft/WSL#11
Also this seems to describe the same problem: #5878
It's marked as fixed, but seems to resurface once in a while.
Some of the users mentioned pressing alt+[ . This works, after I press alt + [, I can input one of the above mentioned symbols.

I've tried messing with locale, it appeared to work for a while after I set localectl VC keymap to "us-intl", but stopped working soon after, and I can't repeat this result.

I am using a regular USB keyboard with a standard RU layout, my windows system uses 2 languages - RU and EN-US. I've tried all combinations of layouts and locales I can think of on the systems I'm trying to ssh to.

Edit: I installed Windows Terminal Preview (was unable to do so before), seems like the problem is absent here.

[Zigman13]

Same for me, after ssh.exe (powershell) to ubuntu system i type shift + 4 to achieve $ char.
nothing happens there. not char printing.
on centos 6 another server seems all is fine.
infocmp for that machine(ubuntu is):

Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /lib/terminfo/x/xterm-256color

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