When I am writing a bash script like the following:
#!/bin/bash
nc localhost [pseudoport]
echo "test"
it connects to the server but does not send the text "test".
It works with
#!/bin/bash
echo "test" | nc localhost [pseudoport]
The problem here is that the connection exits after something has been received.
How can I send multiple messages, in my case a fixed preamble followed by a variable data?
I have found a way to do this here: Send Commands to socket using netcat
You have to put the messages you want to send in a textfile (lets say msg.txt) and then
nc localhost [pseudoport] < msg.txt
The text file should look like this:
message1
message2
message3
...
Every message has to be in a new line.
The link I posted has a better explanation why this has to be done the way it is done here (there is no explanation in the duplicate article).
