use IO::Socket;                               
use Data::Dumper ;                            
use warnings ;                                
use strict ;                                  

my %hash  = ( "file" =>"log.txt" , size => "1000kb") ;

my $ref = \%hash ;


# This client for connecting the specified below address and port 
# INET function will create the socket file and establish the connection with
# server

my $port = shift || 5000 ;
my $host = shift || 'localhost';
my $recv_data ;
my $send_data;
my $socket = new IO::Socket::INET (
                                  PeerAddr  => $host ,
                                  PeerPort  => $port ,
                                  Proto => 'tcp', )

or die "Couldn't connect to Server\n";
while (1)
{
        my $line = <stdin> ;
        print $socket $ref."\n";
        if ( $line = <$socket> )
        {
                print Dumper  $line ;
        }
        else
        {
                print "Server is closed \n";
                last ;
        }

}