1plink(1) PuTTY tool suite plink(1)
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6 plink - PuTTY link, command line network connection tool
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9 plink [options] [user@]host [command]
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12 plink is a network connection tool supporting several protocols.
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15 The command-line options supported by plink are:
16 -V Show version information and exit.
18 -pgpfp Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit,
20 to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.
21 -v Show verbose messages.
23 -load session
25 Load settings from saved session.
26 -ssh Force use of SSH protocol (default).
28 -telnet
30 Force use of Telnet protocol.
31 -rlogin
33 Force use of rlogin protocol.
34 -raw Force raw mode.
36 -serial
38 Force serial mode.
39 -P port
41 Connect to port port.
42 -l user
44 Set remote username to user.
45 -m path
47 Read remote command(s) from local file path.
48 -batch Disable interactive prompts.
50 -pw password
52 Set remote password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make
53 the password visible to other users of the local machine (via
54 commands such as `w').
55 -L [srcaddr:]srcport:desthost:destport
57 Set up a local port forwarding: listen on srcport (or
58 srcaddr:srcport if specified), and forward any connections over
59 the SSH connection to the destination address desthost:destport.
60 Only works in SSH.
61 -R [srcaddr:]srcport:desthost:destport
63 Set up a remote port forwarding: ask the SSH server to listen on
64 srcport (or srcaddr:srcport if specified), and to forward any
65 connections back over the SSH connection where the client will
66 pass them on to the destination address desthost:destport. Only
67 works in SSH.
68 -D [srcaddr:]srcport
70 Set up dynamic port forwarding. The client listens on srcport
71 (or srcaddr:srcport if specified), and implements a SOCKS
72 server. So you can point SOCKS-aware applications at this port
73 and they will automatically use the SSH connection to tunnel all
74 their connections. Only works in SSH.
75 -X Enable X11 forwarding.
77 -x Disable X11 forwarding (default).
79 -A Enable agent forwarding.
81 -a Disable agent forwarding (default).
83 -t Enable pty allocation (default if a command is NOT specified).
85 -T Disable pty allocation (default if a command is specified).
87 -1 Force use of SSH protocol version 1.
89 -2 Force use of SSH protocol version 2.
91 -C Enable SSH compression.
93 -i path
95 Private key file for authentication.
96 -s Remote command is SSH subsystem (SSH-2 only).
98 -N Don't start a remote command or shell at all (SSH-2 only).
100 -sercfg configuration-string
102 Specify the configuration parameters for the serial port, in
103 -serial mode. configuration-string should be a comma-separated
104 list of configuration parameters as follows:
105 · Any single digit from 5 to 9 sets the number of data
107 bits.
108 · `1', `1.5' or `2' sets the number of stop bits.
110 · Any other numeric string is interpreted as a baud rate.
112 · A single lower-case letter specifies the parity: `n' for
114 none, `o' for odd, `e' for even, `m' for mark and `s' for
115 space.
116 · A single upper-case letter specifies the flow control:
118 `N' for none, `X' for XON/XOFF, `R' for RTS/CTS and `D'
119 for DSR/DTR.
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122 For more information on plink, it's probably best to go and look at the
123 manual on the PuTTY web page:
124 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
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128 This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for bet‐
129 ter documentation.
130PuTTY tool suite 2004‐03‐24 plink(1)