socat

Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT). More information: <http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/socat.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install socat
Ubuntu
apt-get install socat
Alpine
apk add socat
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S socat
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install socat
CentOS
yum install socat
Fedora
dnf install socat
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install socat
OS X
brew install socat
Raspbian
apt-get install socat
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/socat
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/socat socat powered by Commando

Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT). More information: <http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/>.

  • Listen to a port, wait for an incoming connection and transfer data to STDIO:
    socat - TCP-LISTEN:8080,fork
  • Listen on a port using SSL and print to STDOUT:
    socat OPENSSL-LISTEN:4433,reuseaddr,cert=./cert.pem,cafile=./ca.cert.pem,key=./key.pem,verify=0 STDOUT
  • Create a connection to a host and port, transfer data in STDIO to connected host:
    socat - TCP4:www.example.com:80
  • Forward incoming data of a local port to another host and port:
    socat TCP-LISTEN:80,fork TCP4:www.example.com:80

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