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Date: Tue,  4 Apr 2006 14:43:12 -0500
From: Paul Hebble <maceo@imsa.edu>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] netcat, the only stdin/stdout redirector to tcp/udp conns?
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On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 09:34:56PM +0200, "Nils O. Sel=E5sdal" wrote:
> Llu=EDs Batlle i Rossell wrote:
> >Am I missing something? Which is the program I'm expecting to find for=
=20
> >that redirection?

It's always the one you least expect:

       Bash handles several filenames  specially  when  they  are
       used in redirections, as described in the following table:

              /dev/tcp/host/port
                     If  host  is  a  valid  hostname or Internet
                     address, and port is an integer port  number
                     or service name, bash attempts to open a TCP
                     connection to the corresponding socket.
              /dev/udp/host/port
                     If host is  a  valid  hostname  or  Internet
                     address,  and port is an integer port number
                     or service name, bash attempts to open a UDP
                     connection to the corresponding socket.

(Sorry for the weird quoting, I already deleted Llu=EDs's email, so I had=
 to
 wait for another reply to get on the thread.)

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	Paul