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(R)?ex vs socat

A side-by-side look at (R)?ex and socat. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

(R)?ex

(R)?ex

Development

(R)?ex is a powerful text editor for Windows that combines an efficient code editor with an easy-to-use formatting word processor. It has customizable syntax highlighting and code folding, regex support, macros and plugins.

text-editorcode-editorregex-supportsyntax-highlightingcode-foldingmacrosplugins
socat

socat

Network & Admin

socat is a command line utility that establishes two bidirectional byte streams and transfers data between them. It can be used for various networking and connectivity tasks like creating TCP ports, SOCKS proxies, or UNIX sockets.

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