I have script which reads from method file :

OPTIONS

and checks whether the OPTIONS is allowed on a particular site. The script is :

#!/bin/bash

#

#

if [ ! $# == 1 ]

then

        echo "Usage: $0 [ URL ]"

        exit 1

fi



cat method | while read LINE

                do

                cat << __eof > header

$LINE / HTTP/1.1

Host:$1





__eof

nc $1 80 < header

done

So I can run this test against google.com and other sites. But when I run against localhost:8080 I get an error :

nc: getaddrinfo: Name or service not known

I'm very new to scripting. Can anyone help me out?