prerm is in telnet-ssl 0.17.40+0.2-1.
This file is a maintainer script. It is executed when installing (*inst) or removing (*rm) the package.
The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | #!/bin/sh
set -e
if [ "$1" = remove ] || [ "$1" = deconfigure ]; then
update-alternatives --remove telnet /usr/bin/telnet-ssl
fi
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