How to check if a network port is open on linux?

Question

How can I know if a certain port is open/closed on linux ubuntu, not a remote system, using python? How can I list these open ports in python?

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Answer 1

In case when you probing TCP ports with intention to listen on it, it’s better to actually call listen. The approach with tring to connect don’t 'see' client ports of established connections, because nobody listen on its. But these ports cannot be used to listen on its.

import socket


def check_port(port, rais=True):
    """ True -- it's possible to listen on this port for TCP/IPv4 or TCP/IPv6
    connections. False -- otherwise.
    """
    try:
        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        sock.bind(('127.0.0.1', port))
        sock.listen(5)
        sock.close()
        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        sock.bind(('::1', port))
        sock.listen(5)
        sock.close()
    except socket.error as e:
        return False
        if rais:
            raise RuntimeError(
                "The server is already running on port {0}".format(port))
    return True