Man1 - telnet.1

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-inetutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 2021 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.