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bash /dev/tcp trick
exec 3<>/dev/tcp/example.com/80

Opens a raw TCP socket to example.com on port 80 and binds it to file descriptor 3 for reading and writing — no curl or nc needed.

printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n" >&3

Writes a minimal HTTP request into that socket. >&3 sends the bytes to descriptor 3, i.e. across the network.

cat <&3

Reads the server's raw HTTP response back from descriptor 3 and prints it.

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