Plink
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Plink is a command-line network connection tool that forms part of the PuTTY suite, commonly used for automating SSH and other remote sessions.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| plink | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SSH client
ⓘ
command-line network connection tool ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| canUsePuTTYSession | yes ⓘ |
| commandLineInterface | yes ⓘ |
| configurationStorage | Windows registry (via PuTTY sessions) ⓘ |
| developer | Simon Tatham ⓘ |
| distribution | PuTTY official website ⓘ |
| genre | terminal networking utility ⓘ |
| interactiveMode | yes ⓘ |
| invocationName |
Plink
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
plink
|
| license |
MIT License
ⓘ
surface form:
MIT license
|
| nonInteractiveMode | yes ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
macOS ⓘ |
| partOf |
PuTTY
ⓘ
surface form:
PuTTY suite
|
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| relatedSoftware |
Pageant
ⓘ
PuTTY ⓘ PuTTY ⓘ
surface form:
PuTTYgen
PuTTY ⓘ
surface form:
pscp
psftp ⓘ |
| supportsAuthentication |
keyboard-interactive authentication
ⓘ
password authentication ⓘ public key authentication ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
IPv6
ⓘ
X11 forwarding (via SSH options) ⓘ batch mode ⓘ connection sharing (via PuTTY features) ⓘ port forwarding ⓘ proxy support ⓘ |
| supportsKeyFormat |
OpenSSH private key format (via PuTTYgen conversion)
ⓘ
PuTTY ⓘ
surface form:
PuTTY private key format (PPK)
|
| supportsProtocol |
Raw TCP
ⓘ
Rlogin ⓘ SSH ⓘ Serial ⓘ Telnet ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
CI/CD deployment scripts
ⓘ
automated backups over SSH ⓘ running remote commands from scripts ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automating SSH sessions
ⓘ
non-interactive remote logins ⓘ remote command execution ⓘ scripting remote connections ⓘ tunneling over SSH ⓘ |
| website | https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ ⓘ |