PuTTY and its associated tools support a range of command-line options, most of which are consistent across all the tools. This section lists the available options in all tools. Options which are specific to a particular tool are covered in the chapter about that tool.
-load
: load a saved session-ssh
, -telnet
, -rlogin
, -raw
-v
: increase verbosity-l
: specify a login name-L
, -R
and -D
: set up port forwardings-m
: read a remote command or script from a file-P
: specify a port number-pw
: specify a password-agent
and -noagent
: control use of Pageant for authentication-A
and -a
: control agent forwarding-X
and -x
: control X11 forwarding-t
and -T
: control pseudo-terminal allocation-N
: suppress starting a shell or command-nc
: make a remote network connection in place of a remote shell or command-C
: enable compression-1
and -2
: specify an SSH protocol version-4
and -6
: specify an Internet protocol version-i
: specify an SSH private key-loghost
: specify a logical host name-pgpfp
: display PGP key fingerprints