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i get Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Client
Escape Character is 'CTRL+]'
Microsoft Telnet>
and when i write "telnet httpbin.org 80" i get Invalid Command. type ?/help for help
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsThe command "telnet httpbin.org 80" would be given to the system to run "telnet" and make a connection at the same time. But you're already running "telnet" when you give it, and that's not a valid command from inside "telnet".
Since "telnet" is already running, the command to make the connection would be "open httpbin.org 80" instead.