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authoraaron <aaron@openbsd.org>1999-02-21 02:50:04 +0000
committeraaron <aaron@openbsd.org>1999-02-21 02:50:04 +0000
commit787d58bcb39c38099dc6b060899ff5fdba6c41cf (patch)
treee2a900c486609843af65afab3a732f4e6e655427
parentinternalize NEED_VERSION sub macros to avoid getting tangled with (diff)
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note that the escape character brings you to command mode of the telnet process
with the controlling terminal, and that the `send escape' command should be used to jump to command mode in subsequent telnet processes on remote hosts
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/telnet/telnet.110
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1 b/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1
index 07e2291ee1e..95a589e4549 100644
--- a/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1
+++ b/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: telnet.1,v 1.14 1998/11/11 23:01:46 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: telnet.1,v 1.15 1999/02/21 02:50:04 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: telnet.1,v 1.5 1996/02/28 21:04:12 thorpej Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
@@ -304,6 +304,14 @@ command mode may be entered by typing the
.Nm telnet
``escape character'' (initially ``^]'').
When in command mode, the normal terminal editing conventions are available.
+Note that the escape character will return to the command mode of the initial
+invokation of
+.Nm telnet
+that has the controlling terminal. Use the
+.Cm send escape
+command to switch to command mode in subsequent
+.Nm telnet
+processes on remote hosts.
.Pp
The following
.Nm telnet