I wouldn't waste time trying to send stuff over the tcp connection, then try to break it up with a regex. It is better to send it as a hash, then all you need to do is keep track of keys.

I would use Net::EasyTCP and send the data as hash elements. You can send a hash as easy as $client->send(\%hash) , then just read the hash at the other end. I would base64 encode the binary data, and decode it at the other end.

I just post something you could look at Tk encrypted echoing-chat client and server

If you don't want to use Net::EasyTCP, you can serialize the hash yourself, with Storable, and send it.

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In reply to Re: regex for a socket stream by zentara
in thread regex for a socket stream by johnnywang

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