CONCH(1)

💖 CONCH 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're talking about conch — the tkconch situation, aka how you connect to SSH servers but graphically. yes she's got a whole GUI moment and yes she's still doing real SSH under the hood 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

tkconch — connect to SSH servers graphically 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

conch [-l user] [-i identity [ -i identity ... ]] [-c cipher] [-m MAC]
[-p port] [-n] [-t] [-T] [-V] [-C] [-N] [-s] [arg [...]]

conch --help

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like, first things first: the --help prints out a usage message to standard output. That's it, that's the whole sentence, no notes. ✨

• -l, --user <user> — log in using this user name. that's it, that's your whole identity, slay 🫶
• -e, --escape <escape character> — set the escape character; 'none' = disable it (default: ~) 🎀
• -i, --identity <identity> — add an identity file for public key authentication (default: ~/.ssh/identity) 🔑
• -c, --cipher <cipher> — cipher algorithm to use. pick your fighter 🧚
• -m, --macs <mac> — specify MAC algorithms for protocol version 2 👑
• -p, --port <port> — port to connect to 🌸
• -L, --localforward <listen-port:host:port> — forward local port to remote address 🔥
• -R, --remoteforward <listen-port:host:port> — forward remote port to local address 💜
• -t, --tty — allocate a tty even if command is given. main character energy, always needs a terminal 😌
• -n, --notty — do not allocate a tty. the opposite vibe 💀
• -V, --version — display version number only. short and iconic ⭐
• -C, --compress — enable compression. squeeze that data 🍓
• -a, --ansilog — print the received data to stdout 📝
• -N, --noshell — do not execute a shell or command 🙈
• -s, --subsystem — invoke command (mandatory) as SSH2 subsystem 🎀
• --log — print the receieved data to stderr 👀

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨ (yes, again, and it's giving very that)

Open an SSH connection to specified server, and either run the command given there or open a remote interactive shell. literally the whole point of her existence, no cap 🦋

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

Written by Moshe Zadka, based on conch's help messages 💖

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✨ REPORTING BUGS ✨

To report a bug, visit https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ — bestie, she wants to hear from you, fr fr 🫶

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✨ COPYRIGHT ✨

Copyright © 2002-2020 Twisted Matrix Laboratories.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

say it with me: NO WARRANTY. not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. it's giving "you're on your own, girl" 😭

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

ssh(1) — the original diva she's related to 🌈

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this little love letter dropped way back in October 2002 💫 go forth and connect to SSH servers graphically, you absolute icon 👑✨