#!/usr/bin/perl -w use IO::Socket; print "Receiver...\n"; my $sock = new IO::Socket::INET ( LocalHost => 'localhost', LocalPort => 7070, Proto => 'tcp', Listen => 1, Reuse => 1, ); die "Could not create socket: $!\n" unless $sock; my $new_sock = $sock->accept(); while(<$new_sock>) { print $_; } close($sock); #### C:\Code>perl socket.pl Receiver... Testing This is a test by telnetting to port 7070 C:\Code>