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Using the CLI Commands
distinguishes connections and is chosen sequentially. If all local ports from 10000 to 10099 are
in use, a random unused port in the range 20000 to 29999 is chosen.
Table C3-33. Issuing Commands Using telnet
Command Description
close Closes a telnet session and returns to the CLI
prompt.
display Displays the state of the toggle arguments and the
definitions of the special characters.
mode type [echo] Specifies the input mode. The value for type is
specified as line for line-by-line and character for
character-at-a-time. The echo argument specifies
whether echoing is performed by the Model 5390
server (local_echo) or by the host (remote_echo).
The defaults for echo are remote_echo for character
mode and local_echo for line mode.
open [–rt] host [port] Opens a connection to the specified host. You can
enter either the host’s name or its Internet address. If
a port is not specified, telnet connects to the default
Telnet port (23). The –r argument turns off all Telnet
protocol interpretation; –t opens a transparent TCP
connection to the specified port (you must specify
the port number).
quit Closes any open telnet session and exits telnet.
status Displays the current status of telnet.
send [arguments] Sends one or more special character sequences to the
remote host. Valid arguments include:
ao Sends the Telnet Abort Output sequence, causing the
remote host to stop sending output to your terminal.
ayt Sends a Telnet Are You There sequence.
brk Sends a Telnet Break sequence.
ec Sends a Telnet Erase Character sequence.
el Sends a Telnet Erase Line sequence.