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OpenBSD 7.9 release · amd64 · Generated 2026-09-09

socket-1.2

create tcp socket and connect to stdin/out

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Description

The program Socket implements access to TCP sockets from shell level. First written for the need to open a server socket and read and write to the socket interactively for testing purposes, it quickly evolved into a generic tool providing the socket interface for shell script and interactive use.

Package information

Ports path
sysutils/socket
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
sysutils, net
Available flavors
None listed

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Direct dependencies

None listed in sqlports.

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