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1.1       root        1: .TH TELNET 1 research
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: telnet \- user interface to the telnet protocol
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .I telnet
                      6: [
                      7: .I host
                      8: [
                      9: .I port
                     10: ]
                     11: ]
                     12: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     13: .I Telnet
                     14: communicates with another host using the TELNET protocol.
                     15: If
                     16: .I telnet
                     17: is invoked without arguments, it prompts 
                     18: .LR telnet> .
                     19: In this mode it accepts the commands listed below.
                     20: If it is invoked with arguments, it performs an
                     21: .L open
                     22: command (see below) with those arguments.
                     23: .PP
                     24: Once a connection has been opened,
                     25: .I telnet
                     26: sends typed text to the remote host.
                     27: To issue
                     28: .I telnet
                     29: commands when in input mode, precede them with the
                     30: .I telnet
                     31: escape character, initially control-].
                     32: .PP
                     33: The following commands are available.
                     34: Only a unique prefix of the command need be typed.
                     35: .TP
                     36: \f5open\fP \fIhost\fP [ \fIport\fP ]
                     37: Open a connection to the named host.
                     38: A missing port number defaults to a
                     39: TELNET server.
                     40: The
                     41: .I host
                     42: may be a host name
                     43: or an Internet address specified in the `dot notation'.
                     44: .TP
                     45: .B close
                     46: Close a TELNET session and return to command mode.
                     47: .TP
                     48: .B quit
                     49: Close any open TELNET session and exit
                     50: .IR telnet .
                     51: .TP
                     52: \f5escape\fP [ \fIescape-char\fP ]
                     53: Set the
                     54: .I telnet
                     55: escape character.
                     56: Control characters may
                     57: be specified as 
                     58: .L ^
                     59: followed by a single
                     60: letter.
                     61: .TP
                     62: .B status
                     63: Show the current status of
                     64: .IR telnet .
                     65: .TP
                     66: .B options
                     67: Toggle viewing of TELNET options processing.
                     68: When viewing is on, all TELNET option negotiations
                     69: will be displayed.
                     70: Options sent by
                     71: .I telnet
                     72: are displayed as SENT, options
                     73: received as
                     74: RCVD.
                     75: .TP
                     76: .B crmod
                     77: Toggle carriage return mode.
                     78: When this mode is on,
                     79: carriage return characters received from the remote
                     80: host map into a carriage return and a line
                     81: feed.
                     82: .TP
                     83: \f5?\fP [ \fIcommand\fP ]
                     84: Get help.
                     85: With no arguments, print a help summary.
                     86: With a command specified,
                     87: print information about that command only.
                     88: .SH FILES
                     89: .F /usr/inet/lib/*
                     90: .SH SEE ALSO
                     91: .IR dcon (1),
                     92: .IR netstat (8)

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