solution for no netcat not available

[bruce_gray_3]

--- In ExtractStream@y..., Roger Merchberger <zmerch7@y...> wrote:
--snip--
> [[ P.S. ISTR seeing about 1/2 decade ago, a webpage that made fun of
> people who used 'cat' in extraneous to downright stupid ways
--snip--

FYI, the page was probably this:
http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/~reriksso/unix/award.html
Useless Use of Cat Award

The Useless Use of Cat Award was started by
Randal L. Schwartz, the original "Just Another Perl Hacker".

-- 
Bruce Gray