putty

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SSH, Telnet, and Rlogin client for connecting to remote servers. Note: On Linux, the native `ssh` client is often more convenient. PuTTY is more commonly used on Windows.

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Examples (8)

Connect to a remote host via SSH

putty -ssh username@hostname_or_ip

Connect to a remote host on a specific [P]ort

putty -ssh username@hostname_or_ip -P port

Load a saved session

putty -load session_name

Connect with a private key for authentication

putty -ssh username@hostname_or_ip -i path/to/private_key.ppk

Connect via Telnet

putty -telnet hostname_or_ip

Enable [X]11 forwarding

putty -ssh username@hostname_or_ip -X

Set up [L]ocal port forwarding

putty -ssh username@hostname_or_ip -L local_port:destination_host:destination_port

Display help

putty -help

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