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tredre3 · 2023-01-11 · Original thread
> Alternatively, the most barebones version, useful for inside a container where all you have is a shell and the kernel:

> cat > /dev/tcp/www.google.com/443

I was unfamiliar with this device so I googled a bit. This isn't a real file/device, it's a bash-ism when built with --enable-net-redirections (apparently disabled in debian-based distros [1]).

That's too bad, would have been cool to have such easy access to sockets anywhere using fopen().

1. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/bash-cookbook/059652678...