# Telnet from link\_to

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/telnet-from-link-to/173621>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 12, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/telnet-from-link-to/173621 "2009-08-12T05:18:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigdaddy71)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/telnet-from-link-to/173621/1 "2009-08-12T05:18:30Z")

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Is there a way to launch a telnet session from a link\_to?

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**Author:** ![bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigdaddy71)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/telnet-from-link-to/173621/2 "2009-08-12T05:41:20Z")

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Also I am referring to going to a command prompt then telnet to an IP.

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**Author:** ![bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigdaddy71)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/telnet-from-link-to/173621/3 "2009-08-12T05:50:42Z")

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\<%= link\_to(“TELNET”, “telnet://domain.com”) %\>

Cheers, Sazima

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**Author:** ![bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigdaddy71)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/telnet-from-link-to/173621/4 "2009-08-13T20:27:45Z")

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Ok, I found this but it is trying to go to a web address and not launch  
a  
telnet: Ideas?

\<% require ‘win32ole’ %\>  
\<% shell = WIN32OLE.new(‘Shell.Application’) %\>

\<%= link\_to "#{eqpt.name}", "shell.ShellExecute(\"telnet.exe #{eq.ip}\", 'c:\my\_rails\_app\script\server', '', 'open', 1)" %\> - \<%= eq.ip%\>

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**Author:** ![bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigdaddy71)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/telnet-from-link-to/173621/5 "2009-08-13T20:41:59Z")

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Chris H. wrote:

> Ok, I found this but it is trying to go to a web address and not launch  
> a  
> telnet: Ideas?

Why don’t you actually try Sazima’s suggestion (which is the proper way  
to do it)?

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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**Author:** ![bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigdaddy71)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/telnet-from-link-to/173621/6 "2009-08-13T21:19:16Z")

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Sorry, when I tried it the window disappeared so quick I did not think  
it  
was working. DOH.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser \<