~ # nc -l 12345 & ~ # echo "Hello World" | nc localhost 12345 nc: can't connect to remote host (127.0.0.1): Connection refused ~ # ps PID USER VSZ STAT COMMAND 1 root 2880 S init 2 root 0 SW [kthreadd] 3 root 0 SW [ksoftirqd/0] 1166 root 2880 S nc -l 12345