Today I learned about this very handy GNU Bash feature:

cat < /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/22

How do you check if a remote port is reachable when you do not have any of nc, telnet, wget, curl, and the such? This is how you do it!

https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Redirections.html

@ram@mastodon.host Hah it was in a twitter thread that had absolutely nothing to do with out kind of tooting

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Debian Package of the Day #59 is bastet, an ncurses-based tetris clone that tries its best to give you the worst possible blocks. https://highvoltage.tv/media/debian-package-of-the-day-s04e07-59-bastet

Debian Package of the Day, Top 10 of 2018: https://highvoltage.tv/media/debian-package-of-the-day-top-10-for-2018

Debian Package of the Day #58 is iperf, a tool that tests the transfer speeds between a server and a client. https://highvoltage.tv/media/debian-package-of-the-day-s04e06-58-iperf

Debian Package of the Day #57 is virt-what, a tool that can detect whether it's running under a virtual instance, and what type of virtual instance. https://highvoltage.tv/media/debian-package-of-the-day-s04e05-57-virt-what

Debian Package of the Day #56 is steghide, a tool that can embed hidden data into another file. https://highvoltage.tv/media/debian-package-of-the-day-s04e04-56-steghide

Debian Package of the Day #55 is peek, a tool that creates animated screenshots. https://highvoltage.tv/media/debian-package-of-the-day-s04e03-55-peek

Debian Package of the Day #54 is automysqlbackup, a package that sets up cron jobs for automated mysql dumps. https://highvoltage.tv/media/debian-package-of-the-day-s04e02-54-automysqlbacku

Debian Package of the Day #53 is s-tui/stress, nifty tools to stress-test your hardware. https://highvoltage.tv/media/debian-package-of-the-day-s04e01-53-s-tui-stress