Can not use command telnet in git bash

Question

I try to use the command telnet in Git Bash, but it shows this error:

bash:telnet: command not found

My operating system is Windows 10. Any idea is appreciated.

`telnet` is poorly scriptable anyway; perhaps you want `netcat` — tripleee, Sep 25 '19 at 04:54

score 28 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 23 '19 at 02:05

28

That's because telnet is not provided with git.

In windows, you need to go to control panel, programs, turn windows features on/off and enable the telnet client.

edited Apr 23 '19 at 02:05

Bas Peeters

answered Jul 02 '16 at 01:23

lostbard

2

Thanks for the hint. I turn on the service successfully.But when I run it, I got no response from the server. I mean, nothing appears in the command line. Could you help me with that? – Adam Lyu Jul 02 '16 at 01:34
what server you trying to connect to? – lostbard Jul 03 '16 at 20:17
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after enable telnet service, a new windows command line allows telnet but gitbash does not do anything, no error either. – signonsridhar Feb 16 '18 at 01:51
I got response with cmd(Run as administrator) when exec `telnet localhost 2181` ~ black screen appears: write `srvr` – Strauteka Mar 30 '21 at 06:04

jumping_monkey · Answer 2 · 2023-04-01T00:17:23.137

8

Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows features on or off > Check Telnet Client > Ok

telnet utility need to be invoked with winpty to work on git bash.

Example:

 MINGW64 ~
$ which telnet
/c/WINDOWS/system32/telnet

 MINGW64 ~
$ winpty telnet localhost 2181
    Zookeeper version: 3.4.14-4c25d480e66aadd371de8bd2fd8da255ac140bcf, built on 03/06/2019 16:18 GMT

edited Apr 01 '23 at 00:17

answered Sep 25 '19 at 03:57

jumping_monkey

In WIndows 10, `winpty telnet localhost 2181` is giving an error ""winpty: error: cannot start 'telnet': Not found in PATH"" – abdul rashid Dec 06 '20 at 12:41
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@abdulrashid, you need to enable the telnet client – jumping_monkey Feb 09 '23 at 06:07

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 09 '20 at 00:20

For a programmatic solution, you can use Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)

In windows command prompt, you can use dism to enable features like this:

C:\> dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient

PS> Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature FeatureName:TelnetClient

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