use strict;
use Socket;

my $socket;
my $port = 4000;
my $ipaddr = "localhost";

socket($socket, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname('tcp'))
    || die "Could not create socket: $!\n";
connect($socket, sockaddr_in($port, inet_aton($ipaddr)))
    || die "Could not connect: $!\n";

my $message;
my $messageLen = 999999; # the maximum number of bytes to read off the socket

defined(send($socket, "1", 0)) || die "Send error: $!";
defined(recv($socket, $message, $messageLen, 0)) or die "Receive error: $!";
print "I got the following message: $message.\n";
shutdown($socket, 2);