diff --git a/t-recv.sh b/t-recv.sh
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3de3e2c2fbcfc408683927651b89f1d69e6491e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t-recv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# only receive debug messages and on channel "all"
+channel=$1 || 'test'
+(echo "subscribe" $channel; cat) |socat TCP-CONNECT:127.0.0.1:1986 -
diff --git a/t-send.sh b/t-send.sh
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bb0021d8a6f8a2029df75c249f32883c23d13840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t-send.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+echo "announce" $* | socat - TCP-CONNECT:127.0.0.1:1986 >/dev/null