use IO::Socket::INET;

my $port = 10405;
my $host = 'server';

my $socket =  IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr  => "$host",
                                    PeerPort  => $port,
                                    Proto     => "tcp",
                                    timeout   => 3,
                                    Type      => SOCK_STREAM) || die "Could not establish connection : $!\n";

#$SIG{ALRM} = sub { print $socket "exit\n" };

my $header = <$socket>;
print $socket "status";
#alarm(1);
while(<$socket>) {
   chomp;
   print "$_\n";
}
print "out of loop\n";