Re: Is there a way to tell s_client to just "send a command" and quit?

On Thu, 2025-09-25 at 14:25 -0700, Dan Mahoney wrote:
> Hey there folks.
> 
> I'm writing some certificate checks that call s_client to fetch my
> cert, but openssl s_client is blocking.  Is there an easy way to tell
> it "hang up as soon as negotiation settles?"
> 
> Perhaps with a "clean" command like "QUIT" or something (depending on
> the protocol being used).
> 
> This complicates scripting it with a simple shell script or something
> like that, and would be super useful.

Perhaps there is a better way than piping echo to openssl.  If not:

% echo | openssl s_client  -connect ...

Mark

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