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		another2another on Oct 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Testing if a port can be reached, using built-in t... netstat seems to be disappearing from some linux distros - pretty sure it's not on my current Ubuntu by default, so I have to use 'ss' instead (which does seem to be quicker).

keepamovin on Oct 9, 2023 [–]

Cool, thanks for the tip! Yeah, I noticed I had to install netstat some times. Maybe I'll update my scripts to use ss instead. Do you have the conversion? I guess I could ask ChatGPT, but...while you're here? :) heh

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