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[jah]

Okay so netcat was incredibly easy to install, and is proving more difficult to use.

yum install netcat

Worked flawlessly to install the application, but I am struggling to execute it as a listening server using the standard command.

nc -l -p 9000

returns information on how to run the program (clearly indicating a syntax error), yet after reviewing the man page and the syntax info for my mistake I failed to notice it. anyone out there successfully get netcat listening on their XO?

[skroner]

I think you need a space in there

netcat -l 9000


http://www.g-loaded.eu/2006/11/06/netcat-a-couple-of-useful-examples/

[jah]

Good call! Thanks alot, also thanks for the link.

The command display is deceptive because it appears that you need to use the -p flag to preface the port number, but therein was my issue...