Well, i think it's time more people learn about the possibilities of Telnet.
I'm certain many of u have seen Telnet enabled firmware is available for
KiSS player but only a few know what Telnet is or does...
WithTelnet, you can work directly on a computer or device from a distance,
rather the distance is 1 meter or 10.000.
Telnet is mostly promoted as the beginning of the internet services. In
theorie, you can do anything you wish; e-mail, ftp, newsgroups etc. It is
fast but you pay the price in a way that Telnet is a command-line interface
so no fancy looks, easy pressable buttons etc... The applications within
telnet are mostly command line oriented and limited to the applications
installed on the host... (The computer or device you connect to).
Effective use of Telnet is only possible if you are a most advanced user and
to become one, you need info and help from others to explain some of the
things one can do with Telnet, you can best compare it with using the
command line interface in Linux Operating systems or the old DOS systems
(with similar but still different commands).
Telnet can be used in combination with programs like Putty but we rather
advice using the old way. It has the most value as that way, you might
actually learn something
First things First
Not all options of each command are listed here so if you want more info on
a certain command you can enter the following possibilities:
man [command]
[command] -?
[command] -help
For example: man ls
U will get more info on how to use the "LS" command.
In the command examples below we use [command] or [filename] to
reflect the spot where you need to enter your personal files or commands.
The "[" en "]" signs should be left out; these are used for making the text
more readable only. (Just in case we have blonds on fire
)
General Commands:
pwd Shows the complete path of a directory
ls Shows all files in a directory
ls -al Shows all files with info in a directory
ls ?alR Shows all files and info in all subdirectories
ls -alR > filename.txt Same as
ls ?alR, but writes the output to a file
ls *.html Shows all files with .html extension (*.doc, *.xls etc...)
cd [directory name] Changes to the directory you choose (cd /hdd/audiio)
cd .. Changes the directory to one level higher
clear Wipes the screen blank
vdir Same as "
ls" command, but with more info.
exit Log off
Move files, copy files and remove files:
mv [old filename] [new filename] Move/rename file
cp [filename] [new filename] copy/rename file
rm [filename] Remove file
rm * Remove all files from this directory
rm *.html Remove all files with .html extension
Directories:
mkdir [folder name] Create new folder
ls -d */ Shows all directories in current directory
cp -r [directory] [new directory] Copies a complete directory with all content
Search directories and files:
find . -name [filename] -print Search for a file
grep [text] [filename] Looks for text in a file
File and Folder rights
The chmod command can be used to adjust rights on folders. This is not
done with usernames and groups but with numbers... There's always 3
levels to set (Like 777 or 656 or 757 etc...)
First level: Owner (The administrator for instance)
Second Lever: Group
Other: Everyone except admin and group
For example:
777 sets complete access for Admins (first 7), groups (second 7) and others (third 7)
756 setc somplete access for Admins (7), groups have Read and Execute (5) and all others have Read/Write and execute (6)
Here's an overview
0 = --- No rights
1 = --X Execute only
2 = -W- Write only
3 = -WX Write and execute
4 = R-- Read only
5 = R-X Read and execute
6 = RW- Read and write
7 = RWX Read, write and execute
Unzip functions (not available on KiSS players but we are looking into it)
For files with ".zip" extension:
unzip file.zip
For files with ".tar" extension:
tar -xvf file.tar
For files with ".gz" extension:
gzip -d file.gz
For files with ".tar.gz" extension:
gzip -d file.tar.gz en dan tar -xvf file.tar
Zip functions
"zip target.zip home.html index.html" wil create a Zip file
with the files home.html and index.html in them.
Well, i hope this clears up some of the little questions in your grey cells and
that somehow it helps you understand some of the basic commands you
can execute using Telnet. Other things you can do using telnet are:
Start web radio streams
Kill Processes and more...
For some of them, i refer to our FREE KiSS Manual
Please feel free to discuss telnet here and share other commands with
eachother. I sure made a good start
regards
Hi-Jack
*** Telnet Tutorial by Hi-Jack
MyMovies for NMJ: 
All that Hi-jack has told here can also be done with such a programme (I think , correct me if I`m wrong) !! Are there any extra features or something ....it seems a bit old fashion to work that way ....Kind of a step backwards ........... Please inlighten me ! 8O 
