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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1')
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1 files changed, 77 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1 b/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1 index ae4b830b03b..d0c514f8692 100644 --- a/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1 +++ b/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: telnet.1,v 1.53 2014/08/10 02:41:41 guenther Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: telnet.1,v 1.54 2014/11/15 14:41:02 bentley Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: telnet.1,v 1.5 1996/02/28 21:04:12 thorpej Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" .\" from: @(#)telnet.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 2/3/94 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: August 10 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 15 2014 $ .Dt TELNET 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ Uses .Xr bind 2 on the local socket to bind it to an aliased address (see .Xr ifconfig 8 -and the ``alias'' specifier) or to the address of +and the +.Cm alias +specifier) or to the address of another interface than the one naturally chosen by .Xr connect 2 . This can be useful when connecting to services which use IP addresses @@ -203,8 +205,10 @@ option. If this fails, .Nm will revert to one of two input modes: -either ``character at a time'' -or ``old line by line'' +either +.Dq character at a time +or +.Dq old line by line depending on what the remote system supports. .Pp When @@ -218,12 +222,18 @@ The remote system will also relay changes to any special characters that happen on the remote system, so that they can take effect on the local system. .Pp -In ``character at a time'' mode, most +In +.Dq character at a time +mode, most text typed is immediately sent to the remote host for processing. .Pp -In ``old line by line'' mode, all text is echoed locally, +In +.Dq old line by line +mode, all text is echoed locally, and (normally) only completed lines are sent to the remote host. -The ``local echo character'' (initially ``^E'') may be used +The local echo character +.Pq initially Sq ^E +may be used to turn off and on the local echo (this would mostly be used to enter passwords without the password being echoed). @@ -234,7 +244,9 @@ option is enabled, or if the .Ic localchars toggle is .Dv TRUE -(the default for ``old line by line''; see below), +(the default for +.Dq old line by line ; +see below), the user's .Ic quit , .Ic intr , @@ -273,7 +285,8 @@ While connected to a remote host, .Nm command mode may be entered by typing the .Nm -``escape character'' (initially ``^]''). +escape character +.Pq initially Sq ^] . When in command mode, the normal terminal editing conventions are available. Note that the escape character will return to the command mode of the initial invocation of @@ -397,13 +410,17 @@ Disable the .Dv TELNET LINEMODE option, or, if the remote side does not understand the .Dv LINEMODE -option, then enter ``character at a time'' mode. +option, then enter +.Dq character at a time +mode. .It Ic line Enable the .Dv TELNET LINEMODE option, or, if the remote side does not understand the .Dv LINEMODE -option, then attempt to enter ``old-line-by-line'' mode. +option, then attempt to enter +.Dq old line by line +mode. .It Ic isig Pq Ic \-isig Attempt to enable (disable) the .Dv TRAPSIG @@ -460,7 +477,9 @@ is specified, will attempt to contact a TELNET server at the default port. The host specification may be either a host name (see .Xr hosts 5 ) -or an Internet address specified in the ``dot notation'' (see +or an Internet address specified in the +.Dq dot notation +(see .Xr inet_ntop 3 ) . The .Fl a , @@ -478,8 +497,9 @@ After establishing a connection, the file .Pa \&.telnetrc in the user's home directory is opened. -Lines beginning with a ``#'' are -comment lines. +Lines beginning with a +.Sq # +are comment lines. Blank lines are ignored. Lines that begin without whitespace are the start of a machine entry. @@ -551,7 +571,8 @@ sequence. .It Ic escape Sends the current .Nm -escape character (initially ``^]''). +escape character +.Pq initially Sq ^] . .It Ic ga Sends the .Dv TELNET GA @@ -589,7 +610,9 @@ This sequence is sent as TCP urgent data (and may not work if the remote system is a .Bx 4.2 system -- if -it doesn't work, a lower case ``r'' may be echoed on the terminal). +it doesn't work, a lower case +.Sq r +may be echoed on the terminal). .It Ic do Ar cmd Sends the .Dv TELNET DO @@ -702,8 +725,11 @@ remote host. The initial value for the "Are You There" character is the terminal's status character. .It Ic echo -This is the value (initially ``^E'') which, when in -``line by line'' mode, toggles between doing local echoing +This is the value +.Pq initially Sq ^E +which, when in +.Dq line by line +mode, toggles between doing local echoing of entered characters (for normal processing), and suppressing echoing of entered characters (for entering, say, a password). .It Ic eof @@ -711,7 +737,9 @@ If .Nm is operating in .Dv LINEMODE -or ``old line by line'' mode, entering this character +or +.Dq old line by line +mode, entering this character as the first character on a line will cause this character to be sent to the remote system. The initial value of the @@ -730,8 +758,9 @@ mode (see below), and if .Nm -is operating in ``character at a time'' mode, then when this -character is typed, a +is operating in +.Dq character at a time +mode, then when this character is typed, a .Dv TELNET EC sequence (see .Ic send @@ -747,8 +776,9 @@ character. .It Ic escape This is the .Nm -escape character (initially ``^['') which causes entry -into +escape character +.Pq initially Sq ^[ +which causes entry into .Nm command mode (when connected to a remote system). .It Ic flushoutput @@ -820,8 +850,9 @@ mode (see below), and if .Nm -is operating in ``character at a time'' mode, then when this -character is typed, a +is operating in +.Dq character at a time +mode, then when this character is typed, a .Dv TELNET EL sequence (see .Ic send @@ -839,8 +870,9 @@ If .Nm is operating in .Dv LINEMODE -or ``old line by line'' mode, then this character is taken to -be the terminal's +or +.Dq old line by line +mode, then this character is taken to be the terminal's .Ic lnext character. The initial value for the @@ -878,8 +910,9 @@ If .Nm is operating in .Dv LINEMODE -or ``old line by line'' mode, then this character is taken to -be the terminal's +or +.Dq old line by line +mode, then this character is taken to be the terminal's .Ic reprint character. The initial value for the @@ -968,8 +1001,9 @@ If .Nm is operating in .Dv LINEMODE -or ``old line by line'' mode, then this character is taken to -be the terminal's +or +.Dq old line by line +mode, then this character is taken to be the terminal's .Ic worderase character. The initial value for the @@ -1187,10 +1221,13 @@ see above). The initial value for this toggle is .Dv TRUE -in ``old line by line'' mode, -and +in +.Dq old line by line +mode, and .Dv FALSE -in ``character at a time'' mode. +in +.Dq character at a time +mode. When the .Dv LINEMODE option is enabled, the value of @@ -1303,9 +1340,12 @@ command appeared in .Bx 4.2 . .Sh NOTES On some remote systems, echo has to be turned off manually when in -``old line by line'' mode. +.Dq old line by line +mode. .Pp -In ``old line by line'' mode or +In +.Dq old line by line +mode or .Dv LINEMODE the terminal's .Ic eof |