You might try the netcat program, it is specifically designed for this and is (yipee!) a Debian package.
Mike Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Very simply, I'm trying to telnet to a site and get some data from a script. > In HPUX, I would do this: > > echo "Alinetobesent" | telnet an.address.com 1234 > > And it would happily telnet to the machine and echo the command, getting me > the results I wanted. This doesn't seem to work under any of the shells I > could find installed in DEBIAN, or any odd variation I could come up with. > > Any ideas, or do I have to re-write in C using sockets (bleah)? > > --Mike > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- John Goerzen | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) Custom Programming | Debian GNU/Linux is a free replacement for [EMAIL PROTECTED] | DOS/Windows -- check it out at www.debian.org. ----------------------+---------------------------------------------- Notice: You may purchase the right to send me unsolicited commercial e-mail ("spam") for the fee of $500 (USD) per message. Billing can be either pre-arranged or can occur automatically after the reception of a spam. Failure to pay will be treated in accordance to US Code, title 47, sec. 227, which allows unsolicited e-mail to be punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss or $500, whichever is greater, per violation. Sending spam to me without payment constitutes unauthorized access to my mail daemon, which is in violation of federal law. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .