Socket(1) Socket(1) implements an interface to TCP sockets at shell level. Client and server sockets can be used from shell scripts or interactively. Socket can also run a program with stdin, stdout, and stderr connected to the socket connection. Sample shell scripts implementing a finger client (remote only) and a finger daemon are included.

Socket-1.1 runs on these platforms:

The platforms marked with "(*)" require minor editing of the Makefile.

This release was made September 1992. Find out about the recent 1.2 release here.

1999-08-23

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