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0 pointsfafner13y ago0 comments

    exec 5<>"/dev/tcp/localhost/80"
    echo -ne "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n" > &5
    cat < &5

FTFY

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Clever, though nc really is better than telnet. It is much easier to pipe into just for starters.

/dev/tcp is a bashism. It's not a real (kernel-provided) device.

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