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Stream file over network with netcat and pigz
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stream_file.sh
# pigz is "A parallel implementation of gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-core machines"
# See http://zlib.net/pigz/
# On the receiving machine run this:
nc -w 10 SENDING_MACHINE_IP 7878 | pigz -d | tar x
# On the sending machine run this:
tar c FILENAME_HERE | pigz | nc -l 7878
# You can compare the md5 checksum from both files after the transfer,
# they should be identical (md5 on Mac OS X and md5sum on Linux and on Windows ... delete Windows)
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