I'll cheat and throw out a tip I haven't used yet: apparently if you read man bash long enough, you get to the built-in TCP/UDP sockets! [1] bash$ cat </d

I'll cheat and throw out a tip I haven't used yet: apparently if you read man bash long enough, you get to the built-in TCP/UDP sockets! [1] bash$ cat </dev/tcp/time.nist.gov/13 53082 04-03-18 04:26:54 68 0 0 502.3 UTC(NIST) * [1] http://hacktux.com/bash/socket http://hacktux.com/bash/socket