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

Sends the escape character.”

ga

Sends the go ahead signal.

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.