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@@ -735,15 +735,14 @@ TELNET
curl telnet://remote.server.com
And enter the data to pass to the server on stdin. The result will be sent
- stdout or to the file you specify with -o.
+ to stdout or to the file you specify with -o.
You might want the -N/--no-buffer option to switch off the buffered output
- for slow connections or if the output from the remote site is slow and/or
- without newlines.
+ for slow connections or similar.
NOTE: the telnet protocol does not specify any way to login with a specified
- user and password and thus curl can't do that automatically. To do that, you
- need to track when the login prompt is received and send the username and
+ user and password so curl can't do that automatically. To do that, you need
+ to track when the login prompt is received and send the username and
password accordingly.
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