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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1 | 75 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1 b/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1 index d684dc1..3c912f3 100644 --- a/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1 +++ b/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)telnet.1 8.5 (Berkeley) 3/1/94 -.\" $Id: telnet.1,v 1.6 1997/02/22 19:57:24 peter Exp $ +.\" $Id: telnet.1,v 1.7 1997/08/14 06:44:41 charnier Exp $ .\" .Dd March 1, 1994 .Dt TELNET 1 @@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ command on this man page.) Sets the initial value of the .Ic debug toggle to -.Dv TRUE -.It Fl e Ar escape char +.Dv TRUE . +.It Fl e Ar escapechar Sets the initial .Nm escape character to -.Ar escape char. +.Ar escapechar . If -.Ar escape char +.Ar escapechar is omitted, then there will be no escape character. .It Fl f @@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ If Kerberos authentication is being used, the option requests that .Nm obtain tickets for the remote host in -realm realm instead of the remote host's realm, as determined -by +realm +.Ar realm +instead of the remote host's realm, as determined by .Xr krb_realmofhost 3 . .It Fl l Ar user When connecting to the remote system, if the remote system @@ -177,7 +178,9 @@ Specifies a user interface similar to .Xr rlogin 1 . In this mode, the escape character is set to the tilde (~) character, -unless modified by the -e option. +unless modified by the +.Fl e +option. .It Fl x Turns on encryption of the data stream if possible. This option is not available outside of the United States and @@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ The line ~^] escapes to the normal escape prompt. .Pp Once a connection has been opened, -.Nm telnet +.Nm will attempt to enable the .Dv TELNET LINEMODE option. @@ -263,7 +266,7 @@ and is sent as a .Dv TELNET ABORT instead of -.Dv BREAK +.Dv BREAK . There are options (see .Ic toggle .Ic autoflush @@ -307,7 +310,8 @@ commands). The auth command manipulates the information sent through the .Dv TELNET AUTHENTICATE option. Valid arguments for the -auth command are as follows: +.Ic auth +command are: .Bl -tag -width "disable type" .It Ic disable Ar type Disables the specified type of authentication. To @@ -342,7 +346,9 @@ Note: Because of export controls, the .Dv TELNET ENCRYPT option is not supported outside of the United States and Canada. .Pp -Valid arguments for the encrypt command are as follows: +Valid arguments for the +.Ic encrypt +command are: .Bl -tag -width Ar .It Ic disable Ar type Ic [input|output] Disables the specified type of encryption. If you @@ -399,7 +405,7 @@ commands. The .Ic environ command is used to manipulate the -the variables that my be sent through the +variables that my be sent through the .Dv TELNET ENVIRON option. The initial set of variables is taken from the users @@ -415,7 +421,7 @@ variable is also exported if the or .Fl l options are used. -.br +.Pp Valid arguments for the .Ic environ command are: @@ -536,9 +542,8 @@ command. .El .It Xo .Ic open Ar host -.Oo Op Fl l -.Ar user -.Oc Ns Oo Fl +.Op Fl l Ar user +.Oo Op Fl .Ar port Oc .Xc Open a connection to the named host. @@ -553,13 +558,13 @@ The host specification may be either a host name (see or an Internet address specified in the \*(Lqdot notation\*(Rq (see .Xr inet 3 ) . The -.Op Fl l +.Fl l option may be used to specify the user name to be passed to the remote system via the .Ev ENVIRON option. When connecting to a non-standard port, -.Nm telnet +.Nm omits any automatic initiation of .Tn TELNET options. When the port number is preceded by a minus sign, @@ -711,7 +716,7 @@ command. The .Ic set command will set any one of a number of -.Nm telnet +.Nm variables to a specific value or to .Dv TRUE . The special value @@ -822,7 +827,7 @@ character. .It Ic forw1 .It Ic forw2 If -.Tn TELNET +.Nm is operating in .Dv LINEMODE , these are the @@ -863,7 +868,7 @@ mode (see below), .Ic and if -.Nm telnet +.Nm is operating in \*(Lqcharacter at a time\*(Rq mode, then when this character is typed, a .Dv TELNET EL @@ -878,7 +883,7 @@ the terminal's character. .It Ic lnext If -.Nm telnet +.Nm is operating in .Dv LINEMODE or \*(Lqold line by line\*(Lq mode, then this character is taken to @@ -946,7 +951,7 @@ then this character is taken to be the terminal's .Ic start character. -The initial value for the kill character is taken to be +The initial value for the start character is taken to be the terminal's .Ic start character. @@ -958,7 +963,7 @@ then this character is taken to be the terminal's .Ic stop character. -The initial value for the kill character is taken to be +The initial value for the stop character is taken to be the terminal's .Ic stop character. @@ -1140,7 +1145,7 @@ name are propagated through the .Dv TELNET ENVIRON option. This command is the same as specifying -.Ar a +.Fl a option on the .Ic open command. @@ -1260,11 +1265,11 @@ is sent as .Ic abort , and .Ic eof and -.B suspend +.Ic suspend are sent as .Ic eof and -.Ic susp , -see +.Ic susp +(see .Ic send above). .It Ic netdata @@ -1294,7 +1299,7 @@ escape sequence is preceded by a '*' to aid in locating them. .It Ic skiprc When the skiprc toggle is .Dv TRUE , -.Tn TELNET +.Nm skips the reading of the .Pa \&.telnetrc file in the users home @@ -1310,7 +1315,7 @@ When the .Ic verbose_encrypt toggle is .Dv TRUE , -.Tn TELNET +.Nm prints out a message each time encryption is enabled or disabled. The initial value for this toggle is .Dv FALSE. @@ -1329,19 +1334,21 @@ This command only works when the user is using the .It Ic \&! Op Ar command Execute a single command in a subshell on the local system. If -.Ic command +.Ar command is omitted, then an interactive subshell is invoked. .It Ic \&? Op Ar command Get help. With no arguments, .Nm prints a help summary. -If a command is specified, +If +.Ar command +is specified, .Nm will print the help information for just that command. .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT -.Nm Telnet +.Nm uses at least the .Ev HOME , .Ev SHELL , |
