$ curl http://10.5.1.1/favicon.ico -o /dev/null

exec 3<>/dev/tcp/google.com/80
printf "GET /rnrn" >&3
while IFS= read -r -u3 -t2 line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do echo "$line"; done
exec 3>&-
exec 3<&-

exec 3<>/dev/tcp/google.com/80
curl http://10.5.1.1/message.txt --use-existing-socket-fd=3
# ... do some other testing stuff ...
wget http://10.5.1.1/message.txt --use-existing-socket-fd=3
# ... do some other testing stuff ...
http http://10.5.1.1/message.txt --use-existing-socket-fd=3
exec 3>&-
exec 3<&-