i found a mistake but still doesn't work...

telnet_test.sh

@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 PORT=80
 METHOD="GET"
 PATH="/"
-HOST="localhost $PORT"
+HOST="duckduckgo.com"
+HOST_FULL="$HOST $PORT"
 
-START="open $HOST"
+START="open $HOST_FULL"
 
 L1="$METHOD $PATH HTTP/1.1"
 
@@ -19,8 +20,9 @@ run()
 
 #	spaw telnet localhost $PORT
 
-	echo $START
-	echo
+#	echo $START
+	telnet $HOST_FULL
+#	echo
 #	sleep 1
 	echo $L1
 	echo "Host: $HOST"