Netcat HTTP posting

When using netcat in linux, I can do a get fine from the command line.

nc google.com 80
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host:google.com

Can someone please show me how to do a post. I tried with no luck. I also tried different combos with \r\n or just a new line. I can get it working in perl and c.

nc google.com 80
POST /test.php HTTP/1.1
Host:whatever.com
Content-Ty开发者_JAVA百科pe:text/html
Content-Length:10

text=hello

The header shows it was successful but nothing gets returned ? Please help

I was able to get it working by troubleshooting with wireshark.

I need to add a Content-Type

This works

POST /test.php HTTP/1.1
Host:127.0.0.1
Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length:9

txt=99999

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PHP

Do you need to use netcat for a specific reason? Curl can send posts natively: http://linux.byexamples.com/archives/311/sending-http-post-using-curl-command/