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Xtelnet(1) Call telnet in a local xterm Xtelnet(1)

NAME

Xtelnet

SYNOPSIS

xtelnet [-iconic][-a][-q][-s] host [host ...]

DESCRIPTION

The script xtelnet will open a telnet(1) session on the remote host host in a local xterm. For a session with a remote xterm see xlogin(1).

Xtelnet will show a message how to change the remote value of the expected backspace key to be conform with behaviour of the local xterm.

General Options

This option causes xtelnet to start the telnet session as an icon.
This option causes xtelnet to attempt an automatic login.
This option causes xtelnet to skip the warn message about the backspace key.
This option causes xtelnet to use slogin(8) instead of telnet.

EXAMPLE

xtelnet localhost

FILES

/usr/X11R6/bin/xtelnet

AUTHOR

Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>

SEE ALSO

xlogin(1), rsh(1), ssh(1), xterm(1).

January 22, 1997 3rd Berkeley Distribution