The problem here is that, since I have to assume that each file/list is infinite, I can never get the total number of matching lines in Process 1 and 2. In a way, this is why the files are alphabetized, because at the point I get a match in 1 and 2, I have to be able to tell (from a finite range of names) if 3 has any kind of match. Alphabetically I can look at the list and say, "well with the match I have in 2, if I get to a point in list 3 that is alphabetically after my match, then I can definitively say that the 3 list has no match"

quick question - will the following work: 

my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new( LocalPort => $PORT,
Proto => 'tcp',    Listen => 2)
or die "Can't create socket on port $PORT to Second($!)\n";

while (<FILE>) 
{
    print $socket $_;
    
    if(my $second = $socket->accept())
    {
        #if someone sends me something, do something with it
        #then go back to sending the rest of the file
    }
}

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Can I do this?

In reply to Re^4: sockets and such in Perl by scotchfx
in thread sockets and such in Perl by scotchfx

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