use strict; use Socket; my $port = shift || 7890; my $proto = getprotobyname('tcp'); socket(SERVER, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto) or die "socket: $!"; setsockopt(SERVER, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 1) or die "setsock: $!"; my $paddr = sockaddr_in($port, INADDR_ANY); bind(SERVER, $paddr) or die "bind: $!"; listen(SERVER, SOMAXCONN) or die "listen: $!"; print "SERVER started on port $port\n"; my $client_addr; while ($client_addr = accept(CLIENT, SERVER)) { my ($client_port, $client_ip) = sockaddr_in($client_addr); my $client_ipnum = inet_ntoa($client_ip); my $client_host = gethostbyaddr($client_ip, AF_INET) ; print "got a connection from: $client_host"," [$client_ipnum]\n"; $| = 1; print CLIENT "Hello from the server \n\n "; my $response; # Trying to read client while ( defined ($response = <$client_addr>) ){ print "Response from client : $response" ; } sleep(1); close CLIENT; }