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		drats on Feb 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spicing unix shell scripts I didn't know about /dev/tcp/host/port, has a nice Plan 9-like feel.

EdiX on Feb 20, 2012 | [–]

It's implemented with an ugly hack in bash. I'd rather use netcat.

lambda on Feb 20, 2012 | | [–]

Only available on Linux.

More portably, you can use something like netcat or socat.

kl4m on Feb 20, 2012 | [–]

Not too sure about the "Opens a UDP connection" though :)

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