The descr is not a place to just cram the entire README. Instead, take the

2000-11-01T23:56:27Z

first paragraph which gives a good overview, and install the README file.

The program Socket implements access to TCP sockets from shell level.

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First written for the need to open a server socket and read and write to the socket interactively for testing purposes, it quickly evolved into a generic tool providing the socket interface for shell script and interactive use. [Juergen Nickelsen ]

ports/sysutils/socket/pkg-descr, branch release/8.0.0

The descr is not a place to just cram the entire README. Instead, take the

The program Socket implements access to TCP sockets from shell level.