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TCP server/client test in linux

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netcat in Ubuntu, nc or ncat in Fedora, can be used to test a simple tcp(udp) server/client connection.

Example

In a server side, use following command to listen an incoming connection assuming that the port 3300 is used.

netcat -l -p 3300

A client from another machine can make a connection to the server as below assuming that the ip address of server is 192.168.0.13.

netcat 192.168.0.13 3300

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