---
name: "telegram-cli"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "telegram-cli"
version: "1.3.1+git20160323.6547c0b21-2"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/telegram-cli"
---

# telegram-cli(8)

Command-line interface for Telegram messenger

## NAME

telegram-cli - Command-line interface for Telegram messenger

## SYNOPSIS

telegram-cli -k \[keyfile\]

## DESCRIPTION

 Telegram messenger is a cloud-based instant messaging designed for\
  smart phones and similar to Whatsapp but more flexible, and\
  powerful. You can send messages, photos, videos and documents to\
  people who are in your phone contacts (and have Telegram). Telegram\
  also supports secret chats whose provide a private (encrypted) way of\
  communication.\
  .\
  This package contains a command-line based client for Telegram with\
  the following features:\
   \* Colored terminal messages.\
   \* Message management: history, stats, etc.\
   \* Group chat: create and manage groups.\
   \* Secret chat: secured and encrypted conversations.\
   \* Contact management: add/edit/remove contacts.\
   \* Multimedia support: send/load photos and videos.

## OPTIONS

Telegram-cli Usage\
   \-u                  specify username (would not be asked during authorization)\
   \-k                  specify location of public key (possible multiple entries)\
   \-v                  increase verbosity (0-ERROR 1-WARNIN 2-NOTICE 3+-DEBUG-levels)\
   \-N                  message num mode\
   \-c                  config file name\
   \-p                  use specified profile\
   \-l                  log level\
   \-f                  during authorization fetch all messages since registration\
   \-E                  diable auto accept of encrypted chats\
   \-s                  lua script file\
   \-W                  send dialog\_list query and wait for answer before reading input\
   \-C                  disable color output\
   \-R                  disable readline\
   \-d                  daemon mode\
   \-L \<log-name\>       log file name\
   \-U \<user-name\>      change uid after start\
   \-G \<group-name\>     change gid after start\
   \-D                  disable output\
   \-P \<port\>           port to listen for input commands\
   \-S \<socket-name\>    unix socket to create

## SEE ALSO

## BUGS

No known bugs.

## AUTHOR

Vitaliy Vatman (-@-)