Simple way to open a port

11-03-2007, 05:25 PM

Is there a command that I can run that will open a port, display what
is sent to that port and allow me to type responses so that I can
debug some http requests?

11-03-2007, 08:07 PM

Kramer wrote:
> Is there a command that I can run that will open a port, display what
> is sent to that port and allow me to type responses so that I can
> debug some http requests?

Yes.
It's called "netcat".
man nc for info

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