Replacing Netcat

jrmu (jrmu@cloud9p.org)
Cloud9p

ABSTRACT

9front alternatives to netcat for Unix users

trampoline(8)

One substitute for netcat is trampoline(8)

; aux/trampoline proto!hostname!port

Replace proto , hostname , and port For example, to connect in plaintext to the IRC server irc.ircnow.org on port 6667:

; aux/trampoline tcp!irc.ircnow.org!6667

telnet(1)

Another substitute is telnet(1) To create a proto netcat connection to hostname and port:

; telnet proto!hostname!port

To create a netcat connection to use paste.ircnow.org:

; telnet -n tcp!paste.ircnow.org!7777 < /path/to/file

To upload a file to tcp.st:

; telnet -n tcp!tcp.st!7777 < /path/to/file

To connect to a webserver, use (carriage return C-m).