send
Purpose
Sends a Telnet control command or special-character sequences when connected using the Telnet client.
Required permissions
For Digi products with two or more users, set permissions to set permissions display=execute to use this command. See set permissions for details on setting user permissions for commands.
Syntax
send {ao|ayt|brk|ec|el|escape|ga|ip|nop|synch}
Options
ao
Sends the abort output signal to discard output buffered on the peer.
ayt
Sends the are you there signal to test whether a host is still active.
brk
Sends the break signal to interrupt the executing application.
ec
Sends the erase character to delete the previous character.
el
Sends the erase line signal to delete the entire current line.
escape
ga
ip
Sends the interrupt process signal to terminate the program running on the peer.
nop
Sends the no operation signal to the peer.
synch
Sends the synchronize process signal to the peer.
Examples
Send an “interrupt process” signal
#> send ip
Send an “are you there” signal
#> send ayt
See also
telnet for information on establishing Telnet sessions.