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This is useful if you just want to forward ports

(protocol version 2 only).

.It Fl o Ar option

Can be used to give options in the format used in the config file.

Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file.

This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate

command-line flag.

The option has the same format as a line in the configuration file.

.It Fl p Ar port

Port to connect to on the remote host.

This can be specified on a

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.El

.Sh CONFIGURATION FILES

.Nm

obtains configuration data from the following sources (in this order):

obtains configuration data from the following sources in

the following order:

command line options, user's configuration file

.Pq Pa $HOME/.ssh/config ,

and system-wide configuration file

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.Pp

Otherwise a line is of the format

.Dq keyword arguments .

Configuration options may be separated by whitespace or

optional whitespace and exactly one

.Ql = ;

the latter format is useful to avoid the need to quote whitespace

when specifying configuration options using the

.Nm ssh ,

.Nm scp

and

.Nm sftp

.Fl o

option.

.Pp

The possible

keywords and their meanings are as follows (note that the

configuration files are case-sensitive):