#!/bin/bash host=10.200.26.50 username=hans password=password function umcp { cmd="$1" json="$2" echo "REQUEST/$RANDOM-$RANDOM/$((${#json}+1))/application/json: $cmd $json" } function send { nc -q 1 ${host} 6670 } { umcp AUTH '{"username":"'$username'", "password":"'$password'"}' sleep 4 } | send echo echo