#!/usr/bin/perl use IO::Socket::INET; use strict; use warnings; if (my $pid = fork()) { my $listen = IO::Socket::INET->new( LocalAddr => 'localhost', LocalPort => 9000, Proto => 'tcp', Listen => 1, ) or die "Cannot create listening socket: $!\n"; my $client = $listen->accept() or die "Cannot get a connection: $!\n"; $client->autoflush(1); while (defined(my $line = <$client>)) { print "server < $line"; sleep 1; pong($client); } } else { print "waiting for parent to setup...\n"; sleep 1; my $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new( PeerAddr => 'localhost', PeerPort => 9000, Proto => 'tcp', Type => SOCK_STREAM ) or die "Cannot create connecting socket: $!\n"; $sock->autoflush(1); ping($sock); while (defined(my $line = <$sock>)) { print "client < $line"; sleep 1; ping($sock); } } sub ping { my ($fh) = @_; print "client > ping\n"; print {$fh} "ping\n"; } sub pong { my ($fh) = @_; print "server > pong\n"; print {$fh} "pong\n"; }