Why isn't nc -vv -l -n -p 8080 working?

Question

I can't get the command working, it should listen to 8080

I am out of idea's with this, any support on this matter?

Answer 1

The -p option is used for specifying source port nc should use in connect mode and can't be used together with -l option which specifies that nc should run in listen mode. So you need to run

nc -v -l -n 8080

For explanation of other options, please check nc man page.