Re: Utility for "talking" to TCP port
Such things do exist. If your needs are minimal, telnet *might* be enough.
You can "telnet localhost 80" and see what it does.
Netcat, on the other hand, is exactly what you are looking for, and will
probably do a wonderful job.
On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 10:41:06PM -0400, Kristopher Johnson wrote:
> Is there any standard utility for opening a connection to a
> TCP/IP port and then interactively sending data and seeing
> responses? For example, I'd like to be able to open a connection
> to port 80 on some machine, type "GET / HTTP/1.0" and then see
> the response.
>
> I'm experimenting with some protocols, and this sort of thing
> would be helpful. I think I could probably write something like
> this, but I was wondering if it already exists.
>
> Thanks,
> Kris
>
>
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