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Problem

How to use the lt command: Localtunnel exposes your localhost to the world for easy testing and sharing. More information: <https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel>.

Solution

lt — Localtunnel exposes your localhost to the world for easy testing and sharing. More information: <https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel>.

Start tunnel from a specific port:

lt {{[-p|--port]}} {{8000}}

Specify the upstream server doing the forwarding:

lt {{[-p|--port]}} {{8000}} {{[-h|--host]}} {{host}}

Request a specific subdomain:

lt {{[-p|--port]}} {{8000}} {{[-s|--subdomain]}} {{subdomain}}

Print basic request info:

lt {{[-p|--port]}} {{8000}} --print-requests

Open the tunnel URL in the default web browser:

lt {{[-p|--port]}} {{8000}} {{[-o|--open]}}

Code Snippets

Start tunnel from a specific port

lt {{[-p|--port]}} {{8000}}

Specify the upstream server doing the forwarding

lt {{[-p|--port]}} {{8000}} {{[-h|--host]}} {{host}}

Request a specific subdomain

lt {{[-p|--port]}} {{8000}} {{[-s|--subdomain]}} {{subdomain}}

Print basic request info

lt {{[-p|--port]}} {{8000}} --print-requests

Open the tunnel URL in the default web browser

lt {{[-p|--port]}} {{8000}} {{[-o|--open]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/lt

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