Hey,
i've been writing a very simple talk program that connects to a remote computer, and sends it a message. Currently it is in 2 parts, a script that is run to recieve messages, and a script that is run to send them.
Send.p code

#!/usr/bin/perl
#

use strict;
use warnings;

use IO::Socket;
my $sock = new IO::Socket::INET (
                PeerAddr => 'dan',
                PeerPort => '7070',
                Proto => 'tcp',
                );
die "Could not create socket: $!\n" unless $sock;
print "What would you like to say: ";
my $msg = <STDIN>;
print $sock "$msg\n";
close $sock;
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recieve.p code

#!/usr/bin/perl
#

use strict;
use warnings;

use IO::Socket;
my $sock = new IO::Socket::INET (
                LocalHost => 'dan',
                LocalPort => '7070',
                Proto => 'tcp',
                Listen => 1,
                Reuse => 1,
                );
die "Could not create socket: $!\n" unless $sock;
my $new_sock = $sock->accept();
while(<$new_sock>) {
    print $_;
}
close $sock;
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how could i modify those scripts so that a) they dont close after 1 message and b) so that the same script can be used to send and recieve?
thanks

EDIT: is there a way of setting up the scripts so they can send and recieve at the same time, without using a server, so they connect directly to each other, almost like a 2-way radio?

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