tldr/pages/common/socat.md
Lucas Gabriel Schneider ce642b6c12 multiple pages: standardize domain examples (#3010)
This change standardizes URL examples in tldr-pages
to use the canonical example.com domain.

Pages changed: `dig`, `drill`, `irssi`, `salt`, and `socat`.
2019-05-13 14:33:05 +01:00

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socat

Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT).

  • Listen to a port, wait for an incoming connection and transfer data to STDIO:

socat - TCP-LISTEN:8080,fork

  • Create a connection to a host and port, transfer data in STDIO to connected host:

socat - TCP4:www.example.com:80

  • Forward incoming data of a local port to another host and port:

socat TCP-LISTEN:80,fork TCP4:www.example.com:80