Netcat tips and tricks
check if port is up nc -zvw3 [hostname or ip] [port] there will be a success output if the port is open else it will either give no output or say connection refused A more detailed examples nc -vz -w 5 127.0.0.0 21 8000-8101 23 w - timeout in seconds 8000-8101 check the ports from 8000 to 8101 (both inclusive) additionally check the ports 21 and 23