Another option available to you is the use of Net::Server. Sample, untested code below. It only allows one connection at a time. If you need multiple simultanious client connections, check out the personalities offered by Net::Server (mainly Net::Server::Fork, Net::Server::PreFork, and Net::Server::PreForkSimple. 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
package SimpleServer;

use strict;
use Net::Server;
our @ISA = qw(Net::Server);

SimpleServer->run( port => 2000, log_level => 4 );
exit;

# The subroutine called when a new client connects
sub process_request {
 my $self   = shift;
 my $client = $self->{'server'};

 while (1) {
  my $txt = <STDIN>; # STDIN and STDOUT are mapped to client
  $txt =~ s/\r?\n$//;
  print $txt, "\r\n";
 }
}

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