send-tcp.md

Script: send-tcp.ps1

This PowerShell script sends a TCP message to the given IP address and port.

Parameters

PS> ./send-tcp.ps1 [[-TargetIP] <String>] [[-TargetPort] <Int32>] [[-Message] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-TargetIP <String>
    Specifies the target IP address
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-TargetPort <Int32>
    Specifies the target port number
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    2
    Default value                0
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Message <String>
    Specifies the message to send
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    3
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./send-tcp 192.168.100.100 8080 "TEST"

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Sends a TCP message to an IP address and port
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script sends a TCP message to the given IP address and port.
.PARAMETER TargetIP
	Specifies the target IP address
.PARAMETER TargetPort
	Specifies the target port number
.PARAMETER Message
	Specifies the message to send
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./send-tcp 192.168.100.100 8080 "TEST"
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$TargetIP = "", [int]$TargetPort = 0, [string]$Message = "")

try {
	if ($TargetIP -eq "" ) { $TargetIP = read-host "Enter target IP address" }
	if ($TargetPort -eq 0 ) { $TargetPort = read-host "Enter target port" }
	if ($Message -eq "" ) { $Message = read-host "Enter message to send" }

        $IP = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses($TargetIP) 
        $Address = [System.Net.IPAddress]::Parse($IP) 
        $Socket = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient($Address,$TargetPort) 
        $Stream = $Socket.GetStream() 
        $Writer = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($Stream)
        $Message | % {
        	$Writer.WriteLine($_)
        	$Writer.Flush()
        }
        $Stream.Close()
        $Socket.Close()

	"✔️  Done."
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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