Re: how to properly format data when using TCPSocket.send()

Ruby
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Rob M. wrote:

http_socket = TCPSocket.new("#{i}", 80); http_socket.send("PUT

nc -l -k 3001

…will start your ‘server’. Then you set your client to connect to
localhost 3001, you can use nc as a client to test that as well:

echo hello | nc localhost 3001

Thanks for mentioning nc, did not know that such a utility exists.
However, it worth mentioning that it is only BSD/Linux thingy (by
default), on Solaris here’s what it is :wink: :

User Commands nc(1)

$ man nc

NAME
nc - Client program for NEdit text editor

SYNOPSYS
nc [-read] [-create] [-line n | +n] [-do command] [-[no]ask]
[-svrname name] [file…]

DESCRIPTION
nc is the client interface to the NEdit text editor. To use
…

Gennady.

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Gennady B. wrote:

[snip]
Thanks for mentioning nc, did not know that such a utility exists.
However, it worth mentioning that it is only BSD/Linux thingy (by
default), on Solaris here’s what it is :wink: :

http://netcat.sourceforge.net/ might help.