file2sock1
Sends the contents of a file to a tcp or unix domain socket.
Usage
file2sock -s
<source>
-d
<dest>
[-t
<type>]
[-p
<port>]
Overview
Sends the contents of a file to a TCP or UNIX domain socket. The contents of the file are sent in their original format - no conversion, encapsulation, or other processing is done before sending the contents to the destination socket.
<source> Name of the file to read from. Use '-' to read from stdin.
<dest> If destination is a TCP socket, the address/hostname to connect to.
If destination is a Unix domain socket, the path to the socket.
<type> Specifies the type of destination socket.
Valid values include: tcp unix (default)
<port> Port number to connect to if destination is TCP socket.
Releases
Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).