The Telnet Client command prompt accepts the following commands:
Command | Description |
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close | Use the close command to close an existing Telnet connection. |
display | Use the display command to view the current settings for the Telnet client. |
open | Use open hostname or open IPAddress to establish a Telnet connection to a host using the name or IP address of the remote host. You can also specify the port number for the connection following the name or address. |
quit | Use the quit command to close Telnet Client. This command can be abbreviated q. |
send | Use the send command to send commands to the Telnet
server. The following commands are supported:
Anything other than one of the commands listed above will be
sent as a string to the Telnet server. For example, |
set | Use the set command with one of the following arguments
to configure Telnet Client for the current session.
|
status | Use the status command to determine whether the Telnet client is connected. |
unset | Use unset to turns off an option previously set using
the set command. You can use this command to turn off the
following options:
|
? or help | Displays Help information. |
Information about switching modes is found in To switch to and from command mode. For information about how to set Telnet options, see To set Telnet options. To learn how to send commands to the Telnet server, refer to To send commands to the Telnet server.