import socket PORT = 12345 HOSTNAME = '54.209.5.48' def netcat(text_to_send): s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) s.connect((HOSTNAME, PORT)) s.sendall(text_to_send) s.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR) rec_data = [] while 1: data = s.recv(1024) if not data: break rec_data.append(data) s.close() return rec_data if __name__ == '__main__': text_to_send = '' text_recved = netcat( text_to_send) print(text_recved[1])