ncat

linux

Read, write, redirect, and encrypt data across a network. An alternative implementation of a similar utility called `netcat`/`nc`.

Options (5)

-l, --listenboolean

Listen for input on the specified port and write it to the specified file

Example: ncat {{[-l|--listen]}} {{port}} > {{path/to/file}}

boolean

Accept multiple connections and keep ncat open after they have been closed

Example: ncat {{[-lk|--listen --keep-open]}} {{port}}

-k, --keep-openboolean

Accept multiple incoming connections on an encrypted channel evading detection of traffic content

Example: ncat --ssl {{[-k|--keep-open]}} {{[-l|--listen]}} {{port}}

-w, --waitboolean

Check connectivity to a remote host on a particular port with timeout

Example: ncat {{[-w|--wait]}} {{seconds}} {{[-vz|--verbose -z]}} {{host}} {{port}}

boolean

Check connectivity to a remote host on a particular port with timeout

Example: ncat {{[-w|--wait]}} {{seconds}} {{[-vz|--verbose -z]}} {{host}} {{port}}

Listen for input on the specified port and write it to the specified file

ncat [-l|--listen] port > path/to/file

Accept multiple connections and keep ncat open after they have been closed

ncat [-lk|--listen --keep-open] port

Write output of specified file to the specified host on the specified port

ncat < path/to/file address port

Accept multiple incoming connections on an encrypted channel evading detection of traffic content

ncat --ssl [-k|--keep-open] [-l|--listen] port

Connect to an open `ncat` connection over SSL

ncat --ssl host port

Check connectivity to a remote host on a particular port with timeout

ncat [-w|--wait] seconds [-vz|--verbose -z] host port