netcat on 12.1 issues ? ..like "-q" default issue (in listen mode -l) ?

Hi

I’m trying to get netcat working … (havent’t used it before)
It seems the “original” netcat has been removed from Suse 12.1 … (?)

On my 11.4 I got the “old” one wich start listening (I think) when I start it with “-l -p1234”, but on 12.1 it seem i only got the openbsd-version wich exits when started with the same options and returning the list of options for nc (like if i used the wrong options).

I searched the net for the openbsd issues and found some relating to some issue about a default that was defaulting to 0 and should have been 1, where the problem got solved by giving the option -q 1 (or something)… can this be related ?

-or am I just being plain stupid ?

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Per the manpage for netcat on 12.1 you cannot use ‘-p’ with ‘-l’. Just
put the port on the end of the command:

netcat -l 1234

Good luck.
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omg /palm-face … now I really feel stupid :wink:

I always seem to forget the vast resource man pages are … comming from windows where google is the best help :wink:

Thank You Very Much :slight_smile:

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It happens. Welcome to the easy side of IT. You’ll get used to it the
more you avoid the dark side. :slight_smile:

Good luck.
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