| Subject: | Test hangs on my Debian |
I'm no expert in nc. The manpage is thin and there is no --version
option, so I don't know what to recommend. I can show you the output
with -h. The version of nc on my Debian is waiting for a command when
you call it without an argument. It just sits there, waiting forever.
See for yourself the three commands below. I interrupted the forst one
with ^C.
$ nc
Cmd line: ^C
$ nc < /dev/null
Cmd line: wrong
$ nc -h
[v1.10-40]
connect to somewhere: nc [-options] hostname port[s] [ports] ...
listen for inbound: nc -l -p port [-options] [hostname] [port]
options:
-c shell commands as `-e'; use /bin/sh to exec [dangerous!!]
-e filename program to exec after connect [dangerous!!]
-b allow broadcasts
-g gateway source-routing hop point[s], up to 8
-G num source-routing pointer: 4, 8, 12, ...
-h this cruft
-i secs delay interval for lines sent, ports scanned
-k set keepalive option on socket
-l listen mode, for inbound connects
-n numeric-only IP addresses, no DNS
-o file hex dump of traffic
-p port local port number
-r randomize local and remote ports
-q secs quit after EOF on stdin and delay of secs
-s addr local source address
-T tos set Type Of Service
-t answer TELNET negotiation
-u UDP mode
-v verbose [use twice to be more verbose]
-w secs timeout for connects and final net reads
-z zero-I/O mode [used for scanning]
port numbers can be individual or ranges: lo-hi [inclusive];
hyphens in port names must be backslash escaped (e.g. 'ftp\-data').
HTH&&Thanks,