telnet

Connect to a specified port of a host using the telnet protocol. More information: <https://manned.org/telnet>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/telnet.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install telnet
Ubuntu
apt-get install telnet
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S telnet-1
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install telnet
CentOS
yum install telnet-1
Fedora
dnf install telnet-1
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install telnet
OS X
brew install telnet
Raspbian
apt-get install telnet
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/telnet

Connect to a specified port of a host using the telnet protocol. More information: <https://manned.org/telnet>.

  • Telnet to the default port of a host:
    telnet host
  • Telnet to a specific port of a host:
    telnet ip_address port
  • Exit a telnet session:
    quit
  • Emit the default escape character combination for terminating the session:
    <Ctrl> + ]
  • Start `telnet` with "x" as the session termination character:
    telnet -e x ip_address port
  • Telnet to Star Wars animation:
    telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

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