17.1 Command line options

-4 ¶

--ipv4

Use only IPv4.

-6 ¶

--ipv6

Use only IPv6.

-8 ¶

--binary

Use an 8-bit data path.

-a ¶

--login

Attempt automatic login.

-b address ¶

--bind=address

Bind to specific local address.

-c ¶

--no-rc

Do not read the user’s file $HOME/.telnetrc.

-d ¶

--debug

Turn on socket level debugging.

-e char ¶

--escape=char

Use char as escape character.

-E ¶

--no-escape

Do not use an escape character.

-k realm ¶

--realm=realm

Request Kerberos realm realm instead of whatever is declared as default realm in the system’s or user’s settings.

-K ¶

--no-login

Do not automatically login to the remote system.

-l user ¶

--user=user

Attempt automatic login as user.

-L ¶

--binary-output

Use an 8-bit data path for output only.

-n file ¶

--trace=file

Record trace information into file.

-r ¶

--rlogin

Display a user-interface similar to that of rlogin.

-x ¶

--encrypt

If possible, encrypt the data stream.

-X atype ¶

--disable-auth=atype

Disable authentication of type atype. Use this option multiple times if more than one type is to be disabled. Standard choices are ‘null’, ‘kerberos_v4’, and ‘kerberos_v5’.