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 of socat: data sinks and sources, and because lots of address options may be socat: applied to the streams, socat can be used for many different purposes. socat: socat: Homepage: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat socat: socat: