Documented in Volume 1 of the UNIX Programmers Manual.
% telnet sri-nic
Trying...
telnet: connect: Connection timed out
telnet>quit
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The above example illustrates trying to connect to a site which is down.
The following example shows connecting to BASS:
% telnet
telnet> open bass
Trying...
Connected to bass.
Escape character is '^]'.
4.2 BSD UNIX (bass)
login: kemp
Password:
ANI is xcd
Last login: Sun Sep 30 23:40:39 from cod
4.2 BSD UNIX #23: Wed Oct 10 16:58:57 PDT 1984
TERM = (vt52) h19
% w
10:37am up 1:18, 1 users, load average: 1.27, 0.64, 0.80
User tty login@ idle JCPU PCPU what
kemp ttyp1 10:36am 9 w
% logout
Connection closed by foreign host.
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The following illustrates connecting to the site 'simtel20':
% telnet simtel20
Trying...
Connected to simtel20.
Escape character is '^]'.
Report any problems to ACTION@SIMTEL20
White Sands Missile Range, TOPS-20 Monitor 5.4(1022)-1
System shutdown scheduled for 18-Oct-84 16:00:00,
Up again at 18-Oct-84 20:00:00
@?
Command, one of the following:
ATTACH BLANK DAYTIME ECHO FINGER
HELP INFORMATION KJOB LOGIN LOGOUT
SET SNOP SYSTAT TERMINAL
or user name
@help
HELP {Command}
The HELP command prints helpful documentation on various system
features. The text is printed on your terminal.
....
@help information
INFORMATION {Command}
INFORMATION provides information on various aspects of the system, your
job, and your directory. It is followed by one of many options.
....
telnet> quit
Connection closed.
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