How can I send packets to 255.255.255.255 from the command line?

[Kyle Evans]

Hello!

Is netcat [nc(1)] an option? It doesn't seem to have any objections to
doing this, but I don't have a setup to test it properly with at the
moment.

Thanks,

Kyle Evans

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Ryan Stone <rysto32 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to test a change to broadcast packet handling and I want to confirm
> that 255.255.255.255 is still handled correctly. Are there any command-line
> tools in FreeBSD that can send to the broadcast address?  ping
> 255.255.255.255 does not work correctly, unfortunately.
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