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diff --git a/docs/MANUAL b/docs/MANUAL index 356cb186d..5f7051e6a 100644 --- a/docs/MANUAL +++ b/docs/MANUAL @@ -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. MAILING LIST |