---
name: "mini-inetd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tcputils"
version: "0.6.2+git20120127.c28952d-0.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mini-inetd"
---

# mini-inetd(1)

small TCP/IP connection dispatcher

## NAME

mini-inetd - small TCP/IP connection dispatcher

## SYNOPSIS

**mini-inetd** \[**-d**\] \[**-m** *maxconnections*\] *\[localaddr**:**\]port* *program* \[*argv0 argv1* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**mini-inetd** listens for TCP/IP connections on *port*. For each connection, *program* is started with standard input and standard output connected to the socket. If *localaddr* is given, mini-inetd only listens for connections on the interface specified by that hostname or IP address, otherwise, it listens to all IP interfaces on the machine.

## OPTIONS

- **-d**

  Debug...

- **-m *maxconnections***

  Exit after *maxconnections* connections has been handled.

## SEE ALSO

[**tcpconnect**(1)](/tcpconnect/1.md), [**tcplisten**(1)](/tcplisten/1.md), **inetd**(1m).

## BUGS

The names of the options are not yet finalized, and may change at a future release.