Re: Bash /dev/tcp and /dev/udp

[Oleg Verych <olecom@flower.upol.cz>]

On 2006-11-23, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> from the bash manpage:
>               /dev/tcp/host/port
>                      If host is a valid hostname or Internet address, and port
>                      is an integer port number or service name, bash  attempts
>                      to open a TCP connection to the corresponding socket.
>               /dev/udp/host/port
>                      If host is a valid hostname or Internet address, and port
>                      is an integer port number or service name, bash  attempts
>                      to open a UDP connection to the corresponding socket.
>
> But this feature doesn't work on debian systems (on other distributions
> it works and is not a problem).

Hammer for opening doors, or just keys ? IMHO, that is another useless
stuff, _shell_ mustn't have, and it does in debian (see curl).

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