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echotcpip

Start or stop TCP/IP echo server

    Description

    echotcpip("on",port) starts a TCP/IP server at the specified port number.

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    echotcpip("off") stops the echo server.

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    Examples

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    This example shows how to set up an echo TCP/IP server. Start the echo server on port 4000 and create a TCP/IP client object. Connect the TCP/IP client object to the host.

    echotcpip('on',4000)
    t = tcpclient('localhost',4000);
    

    Write to the host and read from the host.

    writeline(t,'echo this string.')
    data = readline(t)
    
    data = 
    
        "echo this string."
    
    

    Stop the echo server, disconnect the TCP/IP client object from the host, and clear the TCP/IP client object.

    echotcpip('off')
    clear t
    

    Input Arguments

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    Port number of the server, specified as a number between 1 and 65535, inclusive.

    Data Types: double

    Version History

    Introduced before R2006a