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Overview of commands

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TELNET commands may be abbreviated up to the point required for unique identification. Operands are separated by spaces.

Controlling TELNET

Command

Function

Link/Page

open

Open connection to remote host

open

close

Close connection to remote host

close

!

Switch to BS2000/POSIX command mode

!

crmod

Enable/disable insertion of carriage returns

crmod

escape

Change escape character

escape

exit

Enable/disable client exit

exit

setcode

Change code tables

setcode

^]

Switch to TELNET command mode

^]

quit

Exit the TELNET client

quit

rexit

Enable/disable server exits

rexit

send

Send special commands ao / ip / ayt / nop

send

auth

Enable/disable AUTHENTICATION option

auth

encrypt

Enable/disable ENCRYPTION option

encrypt

readopt

Read option file

readopt

tls

Enable/disable TLS support on the TELNET client

tls


Information on TELNET

Command

Function

Link/Page

?

Show information on TELNET commands

?

help

Same as ?; show information on TELNET commands

help

status

Show TELNET status information

status

options

Enable/disable display of options

options

trace

Set socket trace level

trace

debug

Enable the TELNET trace

debug