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.TH "plink" "1" "2004\(hy03\(hy24" "PuTTY\ tool\ suite" "PuTTY\ tool\ suite"
.SH "NAME"
.PP
\fBplink\fP \- PuTTY link, command line network connection tool
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
.nf
\fBplink\fP\ [\fIoptions\fP]\ [\fIuser\fP\fB@\fP]\fIhost\fP\ [\fIcommand\fP]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBplink\fP is a network connection tool supporting several protocols.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
The command-line options supported by \fBplink\fP are:
.IP "\fB-V\fP"
Show version information and exit.
.IP "\fB-pgpfp\fP"
Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.
.IP "\fB-v\fP"
Show verbose messages.
.IP "\fB-load\fP \fIsession\fP"
Load settings from saved session.
.IP "\fB-ssh\fP"
Force use of SSH protocol (default).
.IP "\fB-telnet\fP"
Force use of Telnet protocol.
.IP "\fB-rlogin\fP"
Force use of rlogin protocol.
.IP "\fB-raw\fP"
Force raw mode.
.IP "\fB-serial\fP"
Force serial mode.
.IP "\fB-P\fP \fIport\fP"
Connect to port \fIport\fP.
.IP "\fB-l\fP \fIuser\fP"
Set remote username to \fIuser\fP.
.IP "\fB-m\fP \fIpath\fP"
Read remote command(s) from local file \fIpath\fP.
.IP "\fB-batch\fP"
Disable interactive prompts.
.IP "\fB-pw\fP \fIpassword\fP"
Set remote password to \fIpassword\fP. \fICAUTION:\fP this will likely make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via commands such as `\fBw\fP').
.IP "\fB\-L\fP \fB[\fP\fIsrcaddr\fP\fB:]\fP\fIsrcport\fP\fB:\fP\fIdesthost\fP\fB:\fP\fIdestport\fP"
Set up a local port forwarding: listen on \fIsrcport\fP (or \fIsrcaddr\fP:\fIsrcport\fP if specified), and forward any connections over the SSH connection to the destination address \fIdesthost\fP:\fIdestport\fP. Only works in SSH.
.IP "\fB\-R\fP \fB[\fP\fIsrcaddr\fP\fB:]\fP\fIsrcport\fP\fB:\fP\fIdesthost\fP\fB:\fP\fIdestport\fP"
Set up a remote port forwarding: ask the SSH server to listen on \fIsrcport\fP (or \fIsrcaddr\fP:\fIsrcport\fP if specified), and to forward any connections back over the SSH connection where the client will pass them on to the destination address \fIdesthost\fP:\fIdestport\fP. Only works in SSH.
.IP "\fB\-D\fP [\fIsrcaddr\fP:]\fIsrcport\fP"
Set up dynamic port forwarding. The client listens on \fIsrcport\fP (or \fIsrcaddr\fP:\fIsrcport\fP 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.
.IP "\fB-X\fP"
Enable X11 forwarding.
.IP "\fB-x\fP"
Disable X11 forwarding (default).
.IP "\fB-A\fP"
Enable agent forwarding.
.IP "\fB-a\fP"
Disable agent forwarding (default).
.IP "\fB-t\fP"
Enable pty allocation (default if a command is NOT specified).
.IP "\fB-T\fP"
Disable pty allocation (default if a command is specified).
.IP "\fB-1\fP"
Force use of SSH protocol version 1.
.IP "\fB-2\fP"
Force use of SSH protocol version 2.
.IP "\fB-C\fP"
Enable SSH compression.
.IP "\fB-i\fP \fIpath\fP"
Private key file for authentication.
.IP "\fB-s\fP"
Remote command is SSH subsystem (SSH-2 only).
.IP "\fB-N\fP"
Don't start a remote command or shell at all (SSH-2 only).
.IP "\fB\-sercfg\fP \fIconfiguration-string\fP"
Specify the configuration parameters for the serial port, in \fB-serial\fP mode. \fIconfiguration-string\fP should be a comma-separated list of configuration parameters as follows:
.RS
.IP "\fB\(bu\fP"
Any single digit from 5 to 9 sets the number of data bits.
.IP "\fB\(bu\fP"
`\fB1\fP', `\fB1.5\fP' or `\fB2\fP' sets the number of stop bits.
.IP "\fB\(bu\fP"
Any other numeric string is interpreted as a baud rate.
.IP "\fB\(bu\fP"
A single lower-case letter specifies the parity: `\fBn\fP' for none, `\fBo\fP' for odd, `\fBe\fP' for even, `\fBm\fP' for mark and `\fBs\fP' for space.
.IP "\fB\(bu\fP"
A single upper-case letter specifies the flow control: `\fBN\fP' for none, `\fBX\fP' for XON/XOFF, `\fBR\fP' for RTS/CTS and `\fBD\fP' for DSR/DTR.
.RE
.SH "MORE INFORMATION"
.PP
For more information on plink, it's probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:
.PP
\fBhttp://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/\fP
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.