We've used a similar trick to copy files between coworkers: on server: while true; nc -l $PORT < $FILE; done on client: nc $SERVER $PORT > $FILE Quick, si

We've used a similar trick to copy files between coworkers: on server: while true; nc -l $PORT < $FILE; done on client: nc $SERVER $PORT > $FILE Quick, simple and easy to fire up. You can continue to hack on the file and nc will serve up the latest saved version.