Name
telnet
Synopsis
telnet [options] [host [port ]]
Accesses remote systems. telnet
is the user
interface that communicates with another host using the Telnet
protocol. If telnet
is invoked without
host, it enters command mode, indicated by its
prompt, telnet>
, and accepts and executes the
commands listed after the following options. If invoked with
arguments, telnet
performs an
open
command (shown in the following list) with
those arguments. host indicates the
host’s official name. port
indicates a port number (default is the Telnet port).
Options
-
-a
Automatic login into the remote system.
-
-b
alias
Used to connect to an alias setup by
ifconfig
or another interface as the local address to bind to.-
-c
Tells
telnet
not to use a users.telnetrc
file.-
-d
Turn on socket-level debugging.
-
-e
[
escape_char
]
Set initial
telnet
escape character to escape_char. If escape_char is omitted, there will be no predefined escape character.-
-k
Attempt to get tickets for remote host; query
krb_realmofhost
to determine realm.-
-l
user
When connecting to remote system, and if remote system understands ENVIRON, send user to the remote system as the value for variable USER.
-
-n
tracefile
Open tracefile for recording the trace information.
-
-r
Emulate
rlogin
. The default escape character is a tilde (~); an escape character followed by a dot causestelnet
to disconnect from the remote host; a^Z
instead of a dot suspendstelnet
; and a]
(the defaulttelnet
escape character) generates a normaltelnet ...
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