nc command failed with Invalid proxy type "socks5". QUITTING.

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Issue

  • nc command failed with the following error.
Invalid proxy type "socks5". QUITTING.
  • The following is the full command with options.
/usr/bin/nc --proxy proxy.example.com:1080 --proxy-type socks5 destination.example.com 22

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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