Re: /dev/tcp
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
|---|---|
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:59:41 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote: > In comp.os.linux.misc, Lawrence DOliveiro <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:20:56 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote: >>> >>> What system(s) have /dev/tcp/* natively? >> >> Not sure what the point of it is, when you have this >> <https://manpages.debian.org/socat(1)>. > > This came up in the context of "how to test network on a system with > no root and no helpful utilities installed." So a version of bash that supports /dev/tcp is somehow excluded from that “no helpful utilities installed” assumption? Sounds like a circular assumption to me, somehow. You know, where you phrase the requirements so the only solution is the one you already picked. > [*] knows you can use python, too, but doesn't have the code to do > so memorized Why would you need to? <https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html>