#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use IO::Socket::INET; my @host = qw[ 192.168.0.5 66.100.167.57 ]; my $port = 22; foreach (@host) { check($_, $port); check_variation($_, $port); check_complication($_,$port); } sub can_connect { my ($ip, $port) = @_; return ! !IO::Socket::INET->new( PeerAddr => $ip, PeerPort => $port, Proto => 'tcp', timeout => 10, ); } sub check { my ($ip, $port) = @_; my $can_connect = can_connect($ip,$port); print "$ip is "; print "NOT " unless ($can_connect); print "listening on port $port\n"; return $can_connect; } sub check_variation { # changed this so Strict doesn't complain my $can_connect = can_connect(my ($ip,$port) = @_); print "$ip is "; print "NOT " unless ($can_connect); print "listening on port $port\n"; return $can_connect; } sub check_complication { print "$_[0] is ".($_?"":"NOT ")."listening on port $_[1]\n" and return $_ for can_connect(@_); }