Documentation/devtools/maemo5/netcat

Description
Netcat is a simple unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using TCP or UDP protocol.

Packages
source: netcat

binary: netcat

Usage Examples
The utility is actually named *nc*. Here's an example of how to open up a TCP listening socket on port 5060. If someone connects to and sends data to that port, it will be printed on the screen.


 * 1) nc -l -p 5060

Links
[netcat man page](/development/documentation/man_pages/nc.html)