#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; use IO::Socket; use IO::Select; # auto-flush on socket $| = 1; my $server_ip; my $server_port; ($server_ip,$server_port)=('127.0.0.1', 5000); # creating a listening socket my $tcp_socket = new IO::Socket::INET( LocalHost => $server_ip, LocalPort => $server_port, Proto => 'tcp', Listen => 5, Reuse => 1 ); die "cannot create socket $!\n" unless $tcp_socket; print "server waiting for client connection on port $server_port\n"; my $read_select = IO::Select->new(); $read_select->add($tcp_socket); my $hello ="Hello \n"; while(1){ my $new_readable; my $nick; ($new_readable)=IO::Select->select($read_select,undef,undef,0); foreach my $read(@$new_readable){ if($read==$tcp_socket){ my $new_connection = $read->accept(); $new_connection->send($hello); $read_select->add($new_connection); }else{ my $buf; my $msg; $buf='HeartBeat'; if($buf){ my @sockets = $read_select->can_write(); foreach my $sck(@sockets){ $sck->send("$buf\n"); } }else{ $read_select->remove($read); } } } } $tcp_socket->close();