netcat: GNU netcat (reads and writes data across network connections) netcat: netcat: Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data netcat: across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. netcat: It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used netcat: directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same netcat: time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, netcat: since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and netcat: has several interesting built-in capabilities. netcat: netcat: http://netcat.sourceforge.net/