To reduce the confusion, I am putting the code below

server.pl 

use strict;
use Socket;

my $port = shift || 7890;
my $proto = getprotobyname('tcp');



socket(SERVER, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto) or die "socket: $!";
setsockopt(SERVER, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 1)  or die "setsock: $!";
my $paddr = sockaddr_in($port, INADDR_ANY);


bind(SERVER, $paddr)      or die "bind: $!";
listen(SERVER, SOMAXCONN) or die "listen: $!";

print "SERVER started on port $port\n";

my $client_addr;

while ($client_addr = accept(CLIENT, SERVER)) {
    my ($client_port, $client_ip) = sockaddr_in($client_addr);
    my $client_ipnum = inet_ntoa($client_ip);
    my $client_host =   gethostbyaddr($client_ip, AF_INET) ;
    print "got a connection from: $client_host"," [$client_ipnum]\n";

    $| = 1;  

    print CLIENT "Hello from the server \n\n ";
    my $response;

    # Trying to read client
    while ( defined ($response = <$client_addr>) ){
        print "Response from client : $response" ; 
    }

    sleep(1);
    close CLIENT;
}

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client.pl 

#! /usr/bin/perl -w
# client1.pl - a simple client
use strict;
use Socket;
my $host = shift || 'sajan.random.com';
my $port = shift || 7890;
my $proto = getprotobyname('tcp');

my $iaddr = inet_aton($host);
my $paddr = sockaddr_in($port, $iaddr);

socket(SOCKET, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto) or die "socket: $!";
connect(SOCKET, $paddr) or die "connect: $!";


my $line;

while ($line = <SOCKET>) {
    $| = 1;
        print $line;
    # Trying to send something to server
    print SOCKET "Client says hellooooo toooo !!! ";

    open my $tfh,  " >> /tmp/sajan.tmp";
    print $tfh $line;
    close $tfh

}
close SOCKET or die "close: $!";

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In reply to Re^2: Simple question regarding Bidirectional socket programming by sajanagr
in thread Simple question regarding Bidirectional socket programming by sajanagr

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