Re: [gentoo-user] netcat - which?

[Pandu Poluan]

On Mar 7, 2012 10:39 PM, "Joshua Murphy" <poisonbl@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
> > eix netcat returned net-analyzer/gnu-netcat and net-analyzer/netcat
> >
> > What's the difference? Which one should I emerge?
> >
> > Rgds,
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>
> For a third, unasked, option... if you're not using any of the more
> extravagant features, you practically always have busybox on hand
> already...
>
> $ busybox nc
> BusyBox v1.19.3 (2012-02-21 22:48:14 EST) multi-call binary.
>
> Usage: nc [OPTIONS] HOST PORT  - connect
> nc [OPTIONS] -l -p PORT [HOST] [PORT]  - listen
>
>        -e PROG Run PROG after connect (must be last)
>        -l      Listen mode, for inbound connects
>        -p PORT Local port
>        -s ADDR Local address
>        -w SEC  Timeout for connects and final net reads
>        -i SEC  Delay interval for lines sent
>        -n      Don't do DNS resolution
>        -u      UDP mode
>        -v      Verbose
>        -o FILE Hex dump traffic
>        -z      Zero-I/O mode (scanning)
>

Thank You! For what I'm using netcat for (testing a single open port by
sending / receiving certain messages), busybox apparently fits the bill
nicely.

Much appreciated!

Rgds,