If bash command can send message to a host ?

naihe2010 · 10-27-2005, 11:16 PM

I want to use bash command to send message to a host ,just like "socket "in C language.

If the bash can do this ?

CroMagnon · 10-28-2005, 01:11 AM

As far as I know, Bash by itself can't do this, but you could look into the netcat package, which gives you an easy way to send and receive data across the network.

randyding · 10-28-2005, 01:12 AM

Bash has no builtin for this directly, however you surely can use a bash script to run a standard program like nc (netcat).
It can be configured to copy stdin -> socket -> stdout, which sounds like what you're looking for.

jlliagre · 10-28-2005, 01:16 AM

Bash cannot internally, but bash (or any other shell) can call a command that do it. One matching your need is "nc" (http://netcat.sourceforge.net/)

eddiebaby1023 · 10-29-2005, 03:28 PM

Perl would be the scripting language of choice for this task (IMO).