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Date:      Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:55:25 -0600
From:      "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <ronald+20010318@klop.yi.org>, "Lowell Gilbert" <lowell@world.std.com>
Subject:   Re: shell command to make tcp connection?
Message-ID:  <000f01c09c48$affdd440$6100000a@vladsempire.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.31.0102181548240.815-100000@dlanor.klop.yi.org> <44itm5krt1.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lowell Gilbert" <lowell@world.std.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; <ronald+20010318@klop.yi.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: shell command to make tcp connection?


> ronald+20010318@klop.yi.org (Ronald Klop) writes:
>
> > Hello.
> >
> > I'm looking for a programm to use in a shell script to make a tcp
> > connection. On another unix machine I ones used a programm called
> > mconnect, but I can't find it on the freebsd base system nor in
the
> > ports collection. Is there something similar? If yes, what is the
> > name of the programm?
>
> mconnect on Sun machines is intended for talking to smtp servers,
but
> it doesn't actually understand anything about smtp itself.  As afar
as
> I can see, telnet(1) does everything mconnect does.
>

Check out netcat in the ports collection.

Josh



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