how to access a specific web page using telnet?

[ypjofficial]

Hello All,

I want to retrieve a speicific webpage located on the webserver using
telnet.
(lets say /2006/data/view.html.)
What should be the syntax of the Get request to do the same.?

Thanks and Regards,
Yogesh Joshi

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Is the web server set up to allow telnet requests? If not, you can't.

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[q_q_anonymous]

Hello All,

I want to retrieve a speicific webpage located on the webserver using
telnet.
(lets say /2006/data/view.html.)
What should be the syntax of the Get request to do the same.?

Thanks and Regards,
Yogesh Joshi

googling around, I got this.


telnet www.blah.com 80
GET relative_url HTTP/1.0


it works for www.google.com , missing that HTTP/1.0 makes it not work.
Also, GET / (with or without HTTP/1.0) didn't have the right result
either.

 

[q_q_anonymous]

Is the web server set up to allow telnet requests? If not, you can't.

nah, and your terminology is wrong.

The telnet program can connect to a web server on port 80, it doesn't
just connect to a telnet server on port 23. Of course, it's usually
most useful when connecting to a telnet server. People get more
productivity using a web client to browse the web. Maybe telnet is ok
as an ftp client. Telnet can do it all, but is uniquely good as a
telnet client, becuase the telnet service was meant for human beings to
operate directly.