Re: /dev/tcp/ doesn't work with bash

[David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org>]

Andreas Sliwka <Andreas.Sliwka@de.uu.net> writes:

>   my bash ( 2.05b-7 on unstable) does not recognize the /dev/tcp
> redirect. Executing
> 	$> echo 'GET index.html' &> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/80 
> I get:  bash: /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/80: File not found.
>
> Do I have to activate it somehow? Or did I misspell it?

I've never heard of such a thing, though it's obvious what you're
trying to do.  Maybe you could try playing with netcat;

  $ sudo apt-get install netcat
  $ nc localhost 80
  GET / HTTP/1.1
  Host: localhost
  Connection: close
  
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  ...

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