netcat is not available in our Linux prod environment for security reasons. I'm trying to write/read short text messages into a port for logging. Write to port on worker nodes read on logger node. netcat would do the job Is there a way to do the same on Linux using Python?

i made you a script, save this, chmod it and make it executable. And run it. This should work for you. Ping me if you have questions.

#!/usr/bin/pythonimport socketdef writer(sock):file=open("log.txt","w")      #you can specify a path for the file here, or a different file namewhile(1):try:output=sock.recv(500)file.write(output)except:file.close()try:x=socket.socket()x.bind(("127.0.0.1",1339))    # Enter IP address and port according to your needs ( replace 127.0.0.1 and 1339 )x.listen(2)                   # This will accept upto two connections, change the number if you likesock,b=x.accept()writer(sock)
except:print("bye")exit()