A rewrite of the well-known networking tool, but more portable, with new features and fully GNU compliant.
Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable back-end tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.
Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable back-end tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.
To install gnetcat, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install gnetcat
To see what files were installed by gnetcat, run:
port contents gnetcat
To later upgrade gnetcat, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade gnetcat
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