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On Mar 7, 2012 10:39 PM, &quot;Joshua Murphy&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:poisonbl@gmail.com">poisonbl@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Pandu Poluan &lt;<a href="mailto:pandu@poluan.info">pandu@poluan.info</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; &gt; eix netcat returned net-analyzer/gnu-netcat and net-analyzer/netcat<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; What&#39;s the difference? Which one should I emerge?<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; Rgds,<br>
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&gt;<br>
&gt; For a third, unasked, option... if you&#39;re not using any of the more<br>
&gt; extravagant features, you practically always have busybox on hand<br>
&gt; already...<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; $ busybox nc<br>
&gt; BusyBox v1.19.3 (2012-02-21 22:48:14 EST) multi-call binary.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Usage: nc [OPTIONS] HOST PORT  - connect<br>
&gt; nc [OPTIONS] -l -p PORT [HOST] [PORT]  - listen<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;        -e PROG Run PROG after connect (must be last)<br>
&gt;        -l      Listen mode, for inbound connects<br>
&gt;        -p PORT Local port<br>
&gt;        -s ADDR Local address<br>
&gt;        -w SEC  Timeout for connects and final net reads<br>
&gt;        -i SEC  Delay interval for lines sent<br>
&gt;        -n      Don&#39;t do DNS resolution<br>
&gt;        -u      UDP mode<br>
&gt;        -v      Verbose<br>
&gt;        -o FILE Hex dump traffic<br>
&gt;        -z      Zero-I/O mode (scanning)<br>
&gt;</p>
<p>Thank You! For what I&#39;m using netcat for (testing a single open port by sending / receiving certain messages), busybox apparently fits the bill nicely. </p>
<p>Much appreciated! </p>
<p>Rgds, <br>
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