Using PuTTY

Chapter 3: Using PuTTY

This chapter provides a general introduction to some more advanced features of PuTTY. For extreme detail and reference purposes, chapter 4 is likely to contain more information.

• 3.1 During your session
  • 3.1.1 Copying and pasting text
  • 3.1.2 Scrolling the screen back
  • 3.1.3 The System menu
• 3.2 Creating a log file of your session
• 3.3 Altering your character set configuration
• 3.4 Using X11 forwarding in SSH
• 3.5 Using port forwarding in SSH
• 3.6 Making raw TCP connections
• 3.7 Connecting to a local serial line
• 3.8 The PuTTY command line
  • 3.8.1 Starting a session from the command line
  • 3.8.2 -cleanup
  • 3.8.3 Standard command-line options