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
| Option | Example | Operation |
|---|---|---|
-E | telnet -E target port | To treat all characters as data and prevent dropping to command |
-e | telnet -e '^C' host | Set a custom escape character instead of default ^] |
-l | telnet -l alice host | Pass a username to the remote host |
-d | telnet -d host | Enable debug mode |
-l | telnet -n host | Creates a trace file |