VMS Help TCPIP Services, TELNET, Command Summary *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX) |
To use TELNET, issue the commands summarized below. For complete descriptions (including UNIX equivalents) of each command, enter the following: $ TELNET TELNET> HELP Command Description Starting (at the DCL Prompt) TELNET Invokes TELNET TELNET remote_host Invokes TELNET and establishes a connection to a remote host TN3270 Invokes TELNET and TN3270 TN3270 remote_host Invokes TELNET, runs TN3270, and establishes a connection to a remote host Getting In and Out of Sessions CONNECT Establishes a connection between the local host and a remote host CREATE_SESSION Establishes a pseudodevice and connects it to a remote listener port DELETE_SESSION Deletes a pseudodevice created by the CREATE_SESSION command DISCONNECT Terminates your current session Ctrl/] Takes you from the remote host back to the TELNET prompt EXIT Closes open connections and exits from TELNET HELP Invokes online help RESUME Resumes an open connection SPAWN Suspends your TELNET session and takes you to the DCL prompt Customizing the TELNET Environment DISABLE AUTOFLUSH Disables the automatic flushing of output when interrupt characters are sent DISABLE AUTOSYNCH Disables the automatic sending of interrupt characters in urgent mode DISABLE BINARY Disables transmission in binary mode DISABLE CRLF Disables the sending of carriage returns as Return LF DISABLE CRMOD Disables the mapping of received carriage returns DISABLE DEBUG Disables the display of data flow information in hexadecimal DISABLE Disables the interpretation of certain LOCAL_CHARS control characters by your local TELNET client and passes them to the remote TELNET server DISABLE Disables the display of option negotiations OPTIONS_VIEW between the client and server ENABLE AUTOFLUSH Enables the automatic flushing of output when interrupt characters are sent ENABLE AUTOSYNCH Enables the automatic sending of interrupt characters in urgent mode ENABLE BINARY Enables transmission in binary mode ENABLE CRLF Enables the sending of carriage returns as Return LF ENABLE CRMOD Enables the mapping of received carriage returns ENABLE DEBUG Enables the display of data flow information in hexadecimal ENABLE LOCAL_CHARS Enables the interpretation of certain control characters by your local TELNET client and prohibits them from being passed to the remote TELNET server ENABLE OPTIONS_VIEW Enables the display of option negotiations between the client and server SHOW PARAMETERS Displays the current parameter settings SHOW SESSION Displays the current sessions SHOW STATUS Displays the current status SET ECHO Sets the echo character to the specified character SET ERASE Sets the erase character to the specified character SET ESCAPE Sets the escape character to the specified character SET FLUSHOUTPUT Sets the flush output character to the specified character SET INTERRUPT Sets the interrupt character to the specified character SET KILL Sets the kill character to the specified character SET MODE Sets the transmission mode to character or line SET QUIT Sets the quit character (an alternate interrupt character) to the specified character SET TERMINAL Sets the terminal type to the specified model Sending Commands to the Remote Host SEND AO Sends the Abort Output command SEND AYT Sends the Are You There command, testing the path to the remote application and eliciting connection status information from the remote host SEND BRK Sends the Break command SEND EC Sends the Erase Character command SEND EL Sends the Erase Line command SEND GA Sends the Go Ahead command SEND IP Sends the Interrupt character SEND NOP Sends the No Operation command to test whether data can be sent to the remote host, eliciting an error if the connection is not open SEND SYNCH Sends the Synchronize character
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