#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use IO::Socket; for my $port (25, 9805, 9806, 110) { my $skipA = 0; my $socketA = new IO::Socket::INET( PeerAddr => 'localhost', PeerPort => $port, Proto => 'tcp', ) or $skipA = 1; print "\$port: $port; \$skipA: $skipA\n"; } __END__ $port: 25; $skipA: 0 $port: 9805; $skipA: 1 $port: 9806; $skipA: 1 $port: 110; $skipA: 0