Scripting an HTTP header request with netcat

Question

I\'m trying to play around with netcat to learn more about how HTTP works. I\'d like to script some of it in bash or Perl, but I\'ve hit upon a stumbling block early on in m

Answer 1

You can use below netcat command to make your instance webserver:

MYIP=$(ifconfig eth0|grep 'inet addr'|awk -F: '{print $2}'| awk '{print $1}')
while true; do echo -e "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\nWelcome to $MYIP" | sudo nc -l -p 80 ; done&