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by randomfool 4965 days ago
Real HTTP from the command line is 'telnet localhost 80'.
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planckscnst 4965 days ago
'nc localhost 80' FTFY
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fafner 4965 days ago 

    exec 5<>"/dev/tcp/localhost/80"
    echo -ne "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n" > &5
    cat < &5
FTFY
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jlgreco 4965 days ago
Clever, though nc really is better than telnet. It is much easier to pipe into just for starters.
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planckscnst 4965 days ago
/dev/tcp is a bashism. It's not a real (kernel-provided) device.
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tedunangst 4964 days ago
Actually, you broke it. telnet sends CRLF line breaks like you're supposed to. nc will just send LF. A strict web server won't talk to you.
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