You can also use Netcat to create a simple command-line messaging server instantly. As in the previous usage example, nc must be installed on both systems used for the chat room. On one system, run the following command to create the chat server listening on port 5000. $ nc 192.168.56.1 5000Ĭreate Chat Server in Command Line Create a Basic Web Server On the other system, run the following command to launch a chat session to a machine where the messaging server is running. Wit the -l option of nc command used to create a basic, insecure web server to serve static web files for learning purposes.
Serving this file using Netcat Basic HTTP server! $ vim index.htmlĪdd the following HTML lines in the file.
