#!/usr/bin/perl -w use IO::Socket; sub sock() { $sock= new IO::Socket::INET ( PeerAddr => $_[0], PeerPort => $_[1], Proto => 'tcp' ); if ($sock){print "port $start_port open\n";} } ($host,$start_port,$end_port) = @ARGV; for(;$start_port<$end_port;$start_port++) { &sock($host,$start_port); }