Telnet CHEAT SHEET

This cheat sheet is intended to be a quick reminder for the main concepts involved in using the command line program telnet and assumes you already understand its usage.

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#Getting Started

Usage

Standard usage (i.e. a host to connect can be by ip or by domain)

$ telnet [options] target [port]

communicate over http protocol

$ telnet example.com 80

create traceroute file

$ telnet example.com 80
Option examples
OptionExampleOperation
-Etelnet -E target portTo treat all characters as data and prevent dropping to command
-etelnet -e '^C' hostSet a custom escape character instead of default ^]
-ltelnet -l alice hostPass a username to the remote host
-dtelnet -d hostEnable debug mode
-ltelnet -n hostCreates a trace file

#Also see