I'm not sure, but this looks strange: 
while (<$client>) {        # fetch based on newlines
   ...
   @segments = split /\015/, $message;

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So your code is expecting multiple lines (terminated by standard newlines) and is then splitting each "line" into different segments delimited by \r's ? That just seems weird. Be sure that $/ is what you expect it to be (so that <$client> works). If you need this to be more of a binary type of protocol, consider using sysread directly, read your data in binary chunks, and *then* split on your delimiter (making sure to keep the trailing bit around for the next time you read data, in case you get a partial command).

In reply to Re: is the socket done or not? by Fastolfe
in thread is the socket done or not? by HaB

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