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.TH TELNET "1" "December 2023" "GNU inetutils 2.5" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
telnet \- User interface to TELNET
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B telnet
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR...] [\fI\,HOST \/\fR[\fI\,PORT\/\fR]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Login to remote system HOST (optionally, on service port PORT)
.IP
General options:
.TP
\fB\-4\fR, \fB\-\-ipv4\fR
use only IPv4
.TP
\fB\-6\fR, \fB\-\-ipv6\fR
use only IPv6
.TP
\fB\-8\fR, \fB\-\-binary\fR
use an 8\-bit data transmission
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-login\fR
attempt automatic login
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bind\fR=\fI\,ADDRESS\/\fR
bind to specific local ADDRESS
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-no\-rc\fR
do not read the user's .telnetrc file
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
turn on debugging
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-escape\fR=\fI\,CHAR\/\fR
use CHAR as an escape character
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-no\-escape\fR
use no escape character
.TP
\fB\-K\fR, \fB\-\-no\-login\fR
do not automatically login to the remote system
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-user\fR=\fI\,USER\/\fR
attempt automatic login as USER
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-binary\-output\fR
use an 8\-bit data transmission for output only
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-trace\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
record trace information into FILE
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-rlogin\fR
use a user\-interface similar to rlogin
.TP
\-?, \fB\-\-help\fR
give this help list
.TP
\fB\-\-usage\fR
give a short usage message
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print program version
.PP
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by many authors.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-inetutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
telnetd(1)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B telnet
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B telnet
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info telnet
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.