Doesn't work so well if you connect from windows. Linux only sends LF where windows wants CRLF. The alternative command works better with windows, however it uses script and a named pipe.
Better solution in case of many clients, imo. Show Sample Output
solution that works for me
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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nc: invalid option -- q
mkfifo /tmp/fifo;(nc -q0 -k -l 5000 < /tmp/fifo > /dev/null &);script -f /tmp/fifo
add -k to nc, so your command will stay online even when your client will disconnectscript -f >(nc -l 5000)
mkfifo /tmp/fifo;(nc -q0 -l -p 5000 < /tmp/fifo &);script -f /tmp/fifo
mkfifo /tmp/fifo;(nc -q0 -k -l -p 5000 < /tmp/fifo > /dev/null &);script -f /tmp/fifo
script -f >(nc -l -p 5000)
Great tip by the way, now I can vote for it and make it as favorite.nc -l 5000
...to this:nc -l -p 5000
(tested on ubuntu 10 LTS and debian 5nc -l 5000
...to this:nc -l -p 5000
(tested on ubuntu 10 LTS and debian 5script -qf | tee >(nc -kl 5000) >(nc -kl 5001) >(nc -kl 5002)