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.

       -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.

       -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.

       -C     Enable SSH compression.

       -i path
              Private key file for authentication.

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

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

       -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.

MORE INFORMATION

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

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

BUGS

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