ntsh

ntsh is an interactive tool for line-based protocols, such as HTTP or SMTP. It can be thought of as a netcat that's better suited to interactive use by a human. Features include an editable prompt, history, and syntax highlighting, and asynchronous replies from the server won't interfere with the prompt.

Installation

ntsh is a pure-Python package. To install, run pip install ntsh.

Usage

To connect to a remote host host on port port, run

ntsh host:port

This makes no assumptions about protocol. To specify a protocol (which will enable syntax highlighting), pass it with -p protocol[:options]. At present the only supported protocol is katcp.

Revision history

1.1.3

• Fix to support Python 3.12.
• Bump minimum Python version to 3.8.
• Replace setup.py with pyproject.toml.
• Add a pre-commit configuration.
• Reformat code with ruff and pyupgrade.

1.1.2

• Fix output syntax highlight (regression in 1.1.1)

1.1.1

• Optimise printing of responses with many lines

1.1

• Switch to prompt_toolkit 3

1.0

• Switch to prompt_toolkit 2

0.1.2

• Fix crash when long lines are received from the remote (#2)

0.1.1

• Depend on prompt_toolkit 1.0.15 instead of using an internal hack

0.1

• Initial release

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.