BASH Socket

recv-files () {
    [ $# == 0 ] && { echo "recv-files usage: recv-files"; return; }
    local port=1234
    tar xvf - < /dev/tcp/`hostname`/$port
}
send-files () {
    [ $# == 0 ] && { echo "usage: send-files [host] [files or dirs]"; return; }
    local port=1234
    local host=$1
    local fod="$@"
    tar cvf - $fod > /dev/tcp/$host/$port
}