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  1. @SteveMarshall SteveMarshall created this gist Apr 7, 2017.
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    #!/usr/bin/env bash

    mac_address=$1
    # Strip colons from the MAC address
    mac_address=$(echo $mac_address | sed 's/://g')

    broadcast=$2
    port=4343

    # Magic packets consist of 12*`f` followed by 16 repetitions of the MAC address
    magic_packet=$(
    printf 'f%.0s' {1..12}
    printf "$mac_address%.0s" {1..16}
    )
    # ... and they need to be hex-escaped
    magic_packet=$(
    echo $magic_packet | sed -e 's/../\\x&/g'
    )

    # echo $magic_packet
    echo -e $magic_packet | nc -w1 -u $broadcast $port