NAME

       plink - PuTTY link, command line network connection tool

SYNOPSIS

       plink [options] [user@]host [command]

DESCRIPTION

       plink is a network connection tool supporting several protocols.

OPTIONS

       The command-line options supported by plink are:

       -V     Show version information and exit.

       -pgpfp Display  the  fingerprints  of  the  PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to aid in verifying new files
              released by the PuTTY team.

       -v     Show verbose messages.

       -load session
              Load settings from saved session.

       -ssh   Force use of SSH protocol (default).

       -telnet
              Force use of Telnet protocol.

       -rlogin
              Force use of rlogin protocol.

       -raw   Force raw mode.

       -serial
              Force serial mode.

       -proxycmd command
              Instead of making a TCP connection, use command as a proxy; network traffic will be redirected  to
              the  standard  input  and  output  of command. command must be a single word, so is likely to need
              quoting by the shell.

              The special strings %host and %port in command will be replaced by the hostname  and  port  number
              you want to connect to; to get a literal % sign, enter %%.

              Backslash  escapes  are  also  supported,  such  as  sequences like \n being replaced by a literal
              newline; to get a literal backslash, enter \\. (Further escaping may be required by the shell.)

              (See the main PuTTY manual for full details of the supported %-  and  backslash-delimited  tokens,
              although most of them are probably not very useful in this context.)

       -P port
              Connect to port port.

       -l user
              Set remote username to user.

       -m path
              Read remote command(s) from local file path.

       -batch Disable interactive prompts.

       -sanitise-stderr

       -sanitise-stdout

       -no-sanitise-stderr

       -no-sanitise-stdout
              By  default,  Plink  can choose to filter control characters if that seems appropriate, to prevent
              remote processes sending confusing  escape  sequences.  These  options  override  Plink's  default
              behaviour  to  enable  or  disabling  such  filtering  on  the  standard error and standard output
              channels.

       -pw password
              Set remote password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make  the  password  visible  to  other
              users of the local machine (via commands such as `w').

       -L [srcaddr:]srcport:desthost:destport
              Set  up  a local port forwarding: listen on srcport (or srcaddr:srcport if specified), and forward
              any connections over the SSH connection to the destination address desthost:destport.  Only  works
              in SSH.

       -R [srcaddr:]srcport:desthost:destport
              Set  up  a  remote port forwarding: ask the SSH server to listen on srcport (or srcaddr:srcport if
              specified), and to forward any connections back over the SSH connection where the client will pass
              them on to the destination address desthost:destport. Only works in SSH.

       -D [srcaddr:]srcport
              Set  up  dynamic port forwarding. The client listens on srcport (or srcaddr:srcport 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.

       -X     Enable X11 forwarding.

       -x     Disable X11 forwarding (default).

       -A     Enable agent forwarding.

       -a     Disable agent forwarding (default).

       -t     Enable pty allocation (default if a command is NOT specified).

       -T     Disable pty allocation (default if a command is specified).

       -1     Force use of SSH protocol version 1.

       -2     Force use of SSH protocol version 2.

       -4, -6 Force use of IPv4 or IPv6 for network connections.

       -C     Enable SSH compression.

       -i keyfile
              Private  key  file  for  user authentication. For SSH-2 keys, this key file must be in PuTTY's PPK
              format, not OpenSSH's format or anyone else's.

              If you are using an authentication agent, you can also specify a public key here (in RFC  4716  or
              OpenSSH format), to identify which of the agent's keys to use.

       -noagent
              Don't  try  to  use  an  authentication agent for local authentication. (This doesn't affect agent
              forwarding.)

       -agent Allow use of an authentication agent. (This option is only necessary to override a  setting  in  a
              saved session.)

       -noshare
              Don't test and try to share an existing connection, always make a new connection.

       -share Test and try to share an existing connection.

       -hostkey key
              Specify  an  acceptable host public key. This option may be specified multiple times; each key can
              be either a fingerprint (99:aa:bb:...) or a base64-encoded blob in OpenSSH's one-line format.

              Specifying this option overrides automated host key management; only the key(s) specified  on  the
              command-line  will  be  accepted  (unless  a saved session also overrides host keys, in which case
              those will be added to), and the host key cache will not be written.

       -s     Remote command is SSH subsystem (SSH-2 only).

       -N     Don't start a remote command or shell at all (SSH-2 only).

       -nc host:port
              Make a remote network connection from the server instead of starting a shell or command.

       -sercfg configuration-string
              Specify the configuration parameters for the serial port, in  -serial  mode.  configuration-string
              should be a comma-separated list of configuration parameters as follows:

              •      Any single digit from 5 to 9 sets the number of data bits.

              •      `1', `1.5' or `2' sets the number of stop bits.

              •      Any other numeric string is interpreted as a baud rate.

              •      A  single  lower-case letter specifies the parity: `n' for none, `o' for odd, `e' for even,
                     `m' for mark and `s' for space.

              •      A single upper-case letter specifies the flow control: `N' for none, `X' for XON/XOFF,  `R'
                     for RTS/CTS and `D' for DSR/DTR.

       -sshlog logfile

       -sshrawlog logfile
              For  SSH  connections, these options make plink log protocol details to a file. (Some of these may
              be sensitive, although by default an effort is made to suppress obvious passwords.)

              -sshlog logs decoded SSH packets  and  other  events  (those  that  -v  would  print).  -sshrawlog
              additionally logs the raw encrypted packet data.

       -shareexists
              Instead  of  making  a new connection, test for the presence of an existing connection that can be
              shared. The desired session can be specified in any of the usual ways.

              Returns immediately with a zero exit status if a suitable `upstream' exists, nonzero otherwise.

MORE INFORMATION

       For more information on plink, it's probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:

       https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

BUGS

       This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.