While you are right that /dev is typically a filesystem provided by the kernel (these days, previously it was a normal "static" filesystem), bash specifically h

While you are right that /dev is typically a filesystem provided by the kernel (these days, previously it was a normal "static" filesystem), bash specifically handles various filenames under /dev when used in redirection, including /dev/tcp and /dev/udp. See http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Redirections http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Redirec...