print "Hello welcome to the fsclient\n"; my ($user, $passwd, $host, $port, $command, $numArgs); $numArgs = $#ARGV + 1; $command=$ARGV[7]; my $client = IO::Socket::INET->new( PeerAddr => 'charlie', PeerPort => '70000', Proto => 'tcp',) or die "cannot connect to $port at $host\n"; while(<$client>) { print $_; print $client "Username $user Pass $pass";} close($client) or die "$!\n"; print "connection closed\n";