Minimal web server using netcat

Question

I\'m trying to set up a minimal web server using netcat (nc). When the browser calls up localhost:1500, for instance, it should show the result of a function (date

Answer 1

LOL, a super lame hack, but at least curl and firefox accepts it:

while true ; do (dd if=/dev/zero count=10000;echo -e "HTTP/1.1\n\n $(date)") | nc -l  1500  ; done

You better replace it soon with something proper!

Ah yes, my nc were not exactly the same as yours, it did not like the -p option.