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User profile for user: B-Tron
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is there a Mac equivalent to Window's "Run"

Hello. I just restored my Mac to a single partition and now it won't let me re-partition it, so I can't install Windows, so here's my question. When I was running Windows, I would go to Start -> Run and then type in "telnet student.ccbcmd.edu" and run it. Can anyone tell me how I can do something like this with Mac OS X? Is there an equivalent to the "Run" function in Windows? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Feb 24, 2008 3:19 PM

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User profile for user: Kappy
Kappy
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Feb 24, 2008 3:33 PM in response to B-Tron

Open the Terminal application in the Utilities folder. Unix has a telnet application you can run from the command line. At the terminal prompt enter 'man telnet' for the help page(s). There are also several telnet applications available for the Mac. You'll find them at VersionTracker or MacUpdate. They don't require a command line interface.

There is not a similar functionality to Window's Run command because Mac users don't need to use the command line.
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B-Tron Author
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Feb 24, 2008 7:45 PM in response to B-Tron

Old Toad -- what I need the Run equivalent for isn't actually an application, so I don't think Spotlight will work for that, but I really appreciate your taking the time to answer my question.

Kappy -- that was the answer I was looking for. It logged me in to my community college's student Linux box perfect. Worked like a charm, so thanks alot.
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