I cannot install packages in a machine, so i wrote this very basic substitute to nmap called nmap.ksh #!/bin/ksh H=$1 X=0 L=600 while [ $X -lt $L ];do O=`echo "~." | telnet -r $H $X 2>&1| grep -i connected | wc -l | sed 's/ //g'` if [ $O -eq 1 ];then echo "port $X open " fi X=`echo "$X + 1" | bc` done