Install Socat on Mac

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Ilan picture Ilan · May 29, 2013 · Viewed 17.8k times · Source

I would like to know how can I install Socat on my Mac (lion) ?

I tried to find an How To via Google but I didn't find anything.

Thank you in advance!

Answer

Martin Delille picture Martin Delille · Feb 3, 2016

Use brew. After installation, socat is available running this command:

brew install socat

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