Bash script, find the next closed (not in use) port from some port range.


 
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Old 07-10-2019
Bash script, find the next closed (not in use) port from some port range.

hi,
i would like to create a bash script that check which port in my Linux server are closed (not in use) from a specific range, port range (3000-3010).
the print output need to be only 1 port, and it will be nice if the output will be saved as a variable or in same file.

my code is:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
IP=$1
first_port=$2
last_port=$3
function scanner

{
for ((port=$first_port; port<=$last_port; port++))
        do
                (echo >/dev/tcp/$IP/$port)> /dev/null 2>&1 && echo $port open || echo "$port closed"
        done
}

scanner

than to run it i use:
./demo2.sh 127.0.0.1 3000 3010

the output for this code is:
Quote:
3000 open
3001 open
3002 closed
3003 closed
3004 closed
3005 closed
3006 closed
3007 closed
3008 closed
3009 closed
3010 closed
the result that i am trying to get is only:
Quote:
3002
# 2  
Old 07-10-2019
Hi,

In terms of your script itself as a solution to your problem, a change like this should work:

Code:
#!/bin/bash
IP=$1
first_port=$2
last_port=$3
function scanner

{
for ((port=$first_port; port<=$last_port; port++))
        do
                if ! (echo >/dev/tcp/$IP/$port)2>/dev/null
                then
                        echo $port
                        return
                fi
        done
}

scanner

This will cause the first TCP port that cannot have a blank line written to it by the echo command to be echoed out to standard output. The key is the return statement, which will cause the function to end as soon as it is executed. So once we find the first port we can't write a blank line to, we print it out and return control to the next line of the script (which doesn't exist, and so the script ends at that point).

Now, a better question: what is it you actually need to do here, and why ? This script might well work for certain ports in certain circumstances, but a far better bet here would be to use a utility that is dedicated to the purpose of port scanning (like nmap, for example) rather than trying to re-invent the wheel with a shell script.
# 3  
Old 07-10-2019
Couldn't you take your output, grep for the word 'closed' and then get the top line head -1
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