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plink: PuTTY link, command line network connection tool
NAME
plink - PuTTY link, command line network connection tool
SYNOPSIS
plink[options] [user@]host [command]
DESCRIPTION
plink is a network connection tool supporting several protocols.
OPTIONS
The command-line options supported by plink are:
- -V
- Show version information and exit.
- -pgpfp
- Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.
- -v
- Show verbose messages.
- -load session
- Load settings from saved session.
- -ssh
- Force use of SSH protocol (default).
- -telnet
- Force use of Telnet protocol.
- -rlogin
- Force use of rlogin protocol.
- -raw
- Force raw mode.
- -serial
- Force serial mode.
- -P port
- Connect to port port.
- -l user
- Set remote username to user.
- -m path
- Read remote command(s) from local file path.
- -batch
- Disable interactive prompts.
- -pw password
- Set remote password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via commands such as `w').
- -L [srcaddr:]srcport:desthost:destport
- Set up a local port forwarding: listen on srcport (or srcaddr:srcport if specified), and forward any connections over the SSH connection to the destination address desthost:destport. Only works in SSH.
- -R [srcaddr:]srcport:desthost:destport
- Set up a remote port forwarding: ask the SSH server to listen on srcport (or srcaddr:srcport if specified), and to forward any connections back over the SSH connection where the client will pass them on to the destination address desthost:destport. Only works in SSH.
- -D [srcaddr:]srcport
- Set up dynamic port forwarding. The client listens on srcport (or srcaddr:srcport if specified), and implements a SOCKS server. So you can point SOCKS-aware applications at this port and they will automatically use the SSH connection to tunnel all their connections. Only works in SSH.
- -X
- Enable X11 forwarding.
- -x
- Disable X11 forwarding (default).
- -A
- Enable agent forwarding.
- -a
- Disable agent forwarding (default).
- -t
- Enable pty allocation (default if a command is NOT specified).
- -T
- Disable pty allocation (default if a command is specified).
- -1
- Force use of SSH protocol version 1.
- -2
- Force use of SSH protocol version 2.
- -C
- Enable SSH compression.
- -i path
- Private key file for authentication.
- -s
- Remote command is SSH subsystem (SSH-2 only).
- -N
- Don't start a remote command or shell at all (SSH-2 only).
- -sercfg configuration-string
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Specify the configuration parameters for the serial port, in -serial mode. configuration-string should be a comma-separated list of configuration parameters as follows:
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- Any single digit from 5 to 9 sets the number of data bits.
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- `1', `1.5' or `2' sets the number of stop bits.
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- Any other numeric string is interpreted as a baud rate.
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- A single lower-case letter specifies the parity: `n' for none, `o' for odd, `e' for even, `m' for mark and `s' for space.
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- A single upper-case letter specifies the flow control: `N' for none, `X' for XON/XOFF, `R' for RTS/CTS and `D' for DSR/DTR.
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MORE INFORMATION
For more information on plink, it's probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
BUGS
This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.