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		petercooper on Jan 9, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How we use IRC at Last.fm What does the -q0 option on nc do? Neither Linux or OS X appear to have this option available.

twopoint718 on Jan 9, 2009 [–]

Shows up on mine (Linux):

-q [seconds] after EOF on stdin, wait the specified number of seconds and then quit.

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