CONNECT(1) NAME connect SYNOPSIS connect [-6vKt] [-l laddr] addr DESCRIPTION Connect is a stripped down program of 'con'. that is, Connect does nothing but for relaying stdin/stdout to the given address. Addr is the form: tcp!host!port The options are: -6: IPv6 connection -v: verbose -K: Kill the process that is waiting for response from remote server -t: no coversation. just dial test Connect can be used not only for tcp but also il and udp. However there exist a difference of behavior between udp and others. Tcp and il send some packet to server in dialing. On the otherhand, udp does not. EXAMPLE1 aux/listen1 tcp!ar!9fs /bin/connect tcp!hera!9fs then incoming call to tcp!ar!9fs is just relayed to tcp!hera!9fs EXAMPLE2 ipv6 connection connect tcp!2402:6b00:22cd:bf80::6!8007 or connect tcp!hera!8007