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Telnet

Getting Started

Usage

Standard usage (i.e. a host to connect can be by ip or by domain)

$ telnet [options] target [port]

communicate over http protocol

$ telnet example.com 80

create traceroute file

$ telnet example.com 80

Option examples

Option Example Operation

| -E | telnet -E target port | To treat all characters as data and prevent dropping to command | -e | telnet -e '^C' host | Set a custom escape character instead of default ^] | | -l | telnet -l alice host | Pass a username to the remote host | | -d | telnet -d host | Enable debug mode | | -l | telnet -n host | Creates a trace file |

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