use strict;
use IO::Socket::INET;
use Socket;
package mship;
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sub connection
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{
    my $IP          = shift;
    my $TCP_PORT    = shift;

    my ( $ipadd, $port_name, $remote_name );

    $ipadd       = Socket::inet_aton($IP) or
                      die "$IP is not valid\n";
    $port_name   = getservbyport($TCP_PORT, 'tcp') or
                      $port_name = "unknown";
    $remote_name = gethostbyaddr( $ipadd, 2 ) or
                      die "Unable to resolve hostname for $IP\n";

    my %stats = ( 'IP'          => $IP,
                  'PORT'        => $TCP_PORT,
                  'port_name'   => $port_name,
                  'remote_name' => $remote_name,
                  'status'      => &mstat($IP, $TCP_PORT) );
    print "sub connection port = $TCP_PORT IP = $IP\n";
    return %stats or
        die "unable to return the value of \%stats\n";;
}
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sub mstat
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{
    my ( $ip, $tcp_port ) = @_;
    my $status   = "Up";
    my $sock     = IO::Socket::INET ->new(
                                      Timeout  => 5,
                                      PeerAddr => $ip,
                                      PeerPort => $tcp_port,
                                      Proto    => 'tcp' ) or
                                      $status  = "Down";
    return ($status);
        die "Unable to return the value of \$status\n";
}

1;