portscan

Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: Library Commands (3)
Updated: 23 June 2021
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NAME

portscan - scan for open ports on host from min to max

 

SYNOPSIS

edrc/lib/portscan [ -h ]

portscan host [ min [ max ]]

 

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/edrc

 

DESCRIPTION

scan a target system for active ports.

It is possible to specify the minimum port where the scan should start and the maximum port number where the scan should stop.

Ports that are active are returned to stdout.

The port is scanned by connecting to the target system using the given port using a timeout of 1 second.

 

OPTIONS

-h
print usage message.

host
hostname.

min
minimum port number.

If the minimum port number is not given, the default of 0 is used.

max
maximum port number.

If the maximum port number is not given, the default of 65000 is used.

 

ENVIRONMENT

-

 

EXIT STATUS

0
no error.

1
cannot resolve host name.

2
cannot crate socket.

4
usage message printed.

 

FILES

-

 

EXAMPLES

-

 

SEE ALSO

edrcintro(1), gethostbyname(1), ping(8)

 

NOTES

-

 

BUGS

sometimes open ports are not reported.

IPv6 is not supported yet.

 

AUTHOR

portscan was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net . 

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Christian Walther

This is free software; see edrc/doc/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
EXIT STATUS
FILES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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