NAME

       pdreceive - receive messages from pd on this or a remote machine

SYNOPSIS

       pdreceive port-number [udp|tcp]

DESCRIPTION

       Pdreceive opens a socket (with the specified port number) and waits for messages to arrive
       from one or more instances of pd(1).  Each message received is  printed  to  the  standard
       output  with  a  trailing semicolon.  The protocol used is easy to implement and is called
       FUDI.

       The port number should agree with the port number of a "netsend" object  within  pd.   The
       protocol  is "tcp" by default; this does a handshake to guarantee that all messages arrive
       complete and in their correct order; if you are sending messages locally or point-to-point
       you can often get away with the faster udp protocol instead.

       You  can  also  use  this  to  get  messages  from a Max "pdnetsend" object or even just a
       "pdsend" in another shell.  If you're writing another program you're welcome to just  grab
       the  sources  for pdsend/pdreceive and adapt them to your own ends; they're part of the Pd
       distribution.

SEE ALSO

       pd(1), pdsend(1)