VMS Help  —  TCPIP Services, TELNET  Command Summary
    To use TELNET, enter the commands summarized below. For complete
    descriptions (including UNIX equivalents) of each command, enter
    the following command:

    $ 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 pseudo device and connects it
                          to a remote listener port.
    DELETE_SESSION        Deletes a pseudo device 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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