3 plink \- PuTTY link, command line network connection tool
5 \fBplink\fR [\fIoptions\fR] [\fIuser\fB@\fR]\fIhost\fR [\fIcommand\fR]
7 \fBplink\fR is a network connection tool supporting several protocols.
9 The command-line options supported by \fIplink\fP are:
11 Show verbose messages.
12 .IP "\fB-load\fR \fIsession\fR"
13 Load settings from saved session.
15 Force use of SSH protocol (default).
17 Force use of Telnet protocol.
19 Force use of rlogin protocol.
22 .IP "\fB-P\fR \fIport\fR"
23 Connect to port \fIport\fR.
24 .IP "\fB-l\fR \fIuser\fR"
25 Set remote username to \fIuser\fR.
26 .IP "\fB-m\fR \fIpath\fR"
27 Read remote command(s) from local file \fIpath\fR.
29 Disable interactive prompts.
30 .IP "\fB-pw\fR \fIpassword\fR"
31 Set remote password to \fIpassword\fR.
32 .IP "\fB-L\fR [\fIlisten-IP\fB:\fR]\fIlisten\fB:\fIhost\fB:\fIport\fR"
33 Forward the local port to a remote address.
34 .IP "\fB-R\fR [\fIlisten-IP\fB:\fR]\fIlisten\fB:\fIhost\fB:\fIport\fR"
35 Forward the a remote port to a local address.
36 .IP "\fB-D\fR [\fIlisten-IP\fB:\fR]\fIlisten-port\fR"
37 Dynamic port forwarding: start a SOCKS server on \fIlisten-port\fR.
39 Enable X11 forwarding.
41 Disable X11 forwarding (default).
43 Enable agent forwarding.
45 Disable agent forwarding (default).
47 Enable pty allocation (default if a command is NOT specified).
49 Disable pty allocation (default if a command is specified).
51 Force use of SSH protocol version 1.
53 Force use of SSH protocol version 2.
55 Enable SSH compression.
56 .IP "\fB-i\fR \fIpath\fR"
57 Private key file for authentication.
59 Remote command is SSH subsystem (SSH-2 only).
61 For more information on plink, it's probably best to go and look at
62 the manual on the PuTTY web page:
64 \fBhttp://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/\fP
66 This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for