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+.TH TELNET 1 research
+.SH NAME
+telnet \- user interface to the telnet protocol
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.I telnet
+[
+.I host
+[
+.I port
+]
+]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I Telnet
+communicates with another host using the TELNET protocol.
+If
+.I telnet
+is invoked without arguments, it prompts
+.LR telnet> .
+In this mode it accepts the commands listed below.
+If it is invoked with arguments, it performs an
+.L open
+command (see below) with those arguments.
+.PP
+Once a connection has been opened,
+.I telnet
+sends typed text to the remote host.
+To issue
+.I telnet
+commands when in input mode, precede them with the
+.I telnet
+escape character, initially control-].
+.PP
+The following commands are available.
+Only a unique prefix of the command need be typed.
+.TP
+\f5open\fP \fIhost\fP [ \fIport\fP ]
+Open a connection to the named host.
+A missing port number defaults to a
+TELNET server.
+The
+.I host
+may be a host name
+or an Internet address specified in the `dot notation'.
+.TP
+.B close
+Close a TELNET session and return to command mode.
+.TP
+.B quit
+Close any open TELNET session and exit
+.IR telnet .
+.TP
+\f5escape\fP [ \fIescape-char\fP ]
+Set the
+.I telnet
+escape character.
+Control characters may
+be specified as
+.L ^
+followed by a single
+letter.
+.TP
+.B status
+Show the current status of
+.IR telnet .
+.TP
+.B options
+Toggle viewing of TELNET options processing.
+When viewing is on, all TELNET option negotiations
+will be displayed.
+Options sent by
+.I telnet
+are displayed as SENT, options
+received as
+RCVD.
+.TP
+.B crmod
+Toggle carriage return mode.
+When this mode is on,
+carriage return characters received from the remote
+host map into a carriage return and a line
+feed.
+.TP
+\f5?\fP [ \fIcommand\fP ]
+Get help.
+With no arguments, print a help summary.
+With a command specified,
+print information about that command only.
+.SH FILES
+.F /usr/inet/lib/*
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.IR dcon (1),
+.IR netstat (8)