# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary # to leave one space after the ':'. |----handy-ruler---------------------------------------------------------| socat: socat (Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT)) socat: socat: Socat is a command line based utility that establishes two socat: bidirectional byte streams and transfers data between them. Because socat: the streams can be constructed from a large set of different types socat: of data sinks and sources (see address types), and because lots of socat: address options may be applied to the streams, socat can be used for socat: many different purposes. socat: socat: (http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/) socat: