---
name: "tcpconnect"
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/tcpconnect"
---

# tcpconnect(1)

general TCP/IP client

## NAME

tcpconnect - general TCP/IP client

## SYNOPSIS

**tcpconnect** \[**-irv**\] \[**-l** *localaddr*\] *host* *port*

## DESCRIPTION

**tcpconnect** creates a TCP/IP connection to a server running on the machine *host*, listening to port *port*. It then reads standard input and sends to the remote server, and data received from the server is printed to standard output. When end-of-file is reached on both standard input and the TCP/IP connection, **tcpconnect** terminates.

## OPTIONS

- **-i**

  Terminate at end-of-file on standard input; don't wait for the server to close the connection.

- **-r**

  Terminate when the remote server closes the connection; don't wait for end-of-file on standard input.

- **-v**

  Verbose mode. Prints a message to standard error when the connection has been established.

- **-l *addr*:*port***

  Bind the local end-point of the connection to IP address *addr*, TCP port *port*. Either the IP address or the port, but not both, may be left out, meaning that the operating system gets to choose that part by itself.

## SEE ALSO

[**tcplisten**(1)](/tcplisten/1.md), [**telnet**(1)](/telnet/1.md), [**tcpbug**(1)](/tcpbug/1.md).

## BUGS

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