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+# fwd
+
+A port-forwarding utility.
+
+Here's how it works:
+
+1. You install `fwd` on the server.
+2. You install `fwd` on the client.
+3. You run `fwd` on the client to connect to the server, like so:
+
+```bash
+doty@my.laptop$ fwd some.server
+```
+
+`fwd` will connect to `some.server` via ssh, and then show you a screen listing all of the ports that the server is listening on locally.
+Use the up and down arrow keys (or `j`/`k`) to select the port you're interested in and press `e` to toggle forwarding of that port.
+Now, connections to that port locally will be forwarded to the remote server.
+
+If the port is something that might be interesting to a web server, you can press `<ENTER>` with the port selected to open a browser pointed at that port.
+
+If something is going wrong, pressing `l` will toggle logs that might explain it.
+
+Press `q` to quit.