telnet − User interface to TELNET
telnet [OPTION...] [HOST [PORT]]
Login to remote system HOST (optionally, on service port PORT)
General options:
−4, −−ipv4
use only IPv4
−6, −−ipv6
use only IPv6
−8, −−binary
use an 8−bit data transmission
−a, −−login
attempt automatic login
−b, −−bind=ADDRESS
bind to specific local ADDRESS
−c, −−no−rc
do not read the user’s .telnetrc file
−d, −−debug
turn on debugging
−e, −−escape=CHAR
use CHAR as an escape character
−E, −−no−escape
use no escape character
−K, −−no−login
do not automatically login to the remote system
−l, −−user=USER
attempt automatic login as USER
−L, −−binary−output
use an 8−bit data transmission for output only
−n, −−trace=FILE
record trace information into FILE
−r, −−rlogin
use a user−interface similar to rlogin
−?, −−help
give this help list
−−usage
give a short usage message
−V, −−version
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
Written by many authors.
Report bugs to <bug−[email protected]>.
Copyright ©
2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and
redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.
telnetd(1)
The full documentation for telnet is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and telnet programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info telnet
should give you access to the complete manual.