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You can obtain summary information about telnet commands with telnet's ? command. You can either list the commands or get information about a specific command.

Listing the telnet Commands

  1. If you are not at the telnet> prompt, enter the telnet escape character (usually CTRL-]) to display the prompt.

  2. At the telnet> prompt, enter the following:

    ?

    telnet lists its commands.

    NOTE: If you were connected to a remote host and want to redisplay its prompt, press Return twice.

Getting Information about a Specific telnet Command

  1. If you are not at the telnet> prompt, enter the telnet escape character (usually CTRL-]) to display the prompt.

  2. At the telnet> prompt, enter the following:

    ? telnet_command

    For example, if you typed ? open, telnet would display the following information about the open command:

    connect to a site

    NOTE: If you were connected to a remote host and want to redisplay its prompt, press Return twice.


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