I asked this question in the chatterbox and I couldn't get an answer ... so on the advice of a few monks I'll ask it here.

I found ... but lost ... an answer to a question on this site that teaches one how to set up a client/server comm.

This is the code that I grabbed: 

#!/bin/Perl

#This is the server side 

use strict;
use IO::Socket;

my $sock = new IO::Socket::INET (LocalPort => 1200,
                                 Proto     => 'tcp',
                                 Listen    => 5,
                                 Reuse     => 1);

die "Can't connect: $!\n" unless $sock;

while (my $new_sock = $sock->accept()) 
{
    my $msg = <$new_sock>;
    print "client said '$msg'\n";
}
close $sock;

#Client Side
use strict;
use IO::Socket;

my $sock = new IO::Socket::INET (PeerAddr => '127.0.0.1',
                                 PeerPort => 1200,
                                 Proto    => 'tcp');
die "Can't create: $!\n" unless $sock;
print $sock "send money!";
close $sock;

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Aside from a few mis-placed commas ... which I fixed in the code above ... all worked well.

I extened the code to include: 

for(my $i=0; $i <= 10; $i++)
{
   print $sock "$i\n";
}

print $sock "**** End of transmission ****";

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When I run the script I get this: 

'0
'

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When I take out the /n I get: '0123456789****End Of Transmission****'

My Question: Why does the newline stop the data stream and what can I do to fix it??

Thanks in advance ....

Ducati

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In reply to Newline Character and Socket Comms by Ducati

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