print "PeerAddr:$host:, PeerPort:$port:\n";
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here is my code this is for the client

print "Hello welcome to the fsclient\n";
    my ($user, $passwd, $host, $port, $command, $numArgs);
    $numArgs = $#ARGV + 1;
    $command=$ARGV[7];
my $client = IO::Socket::INET->new(
        PeerAddr => 'charlie',
        PeerPort => '70000',
        Proto => 'tcp',)
    or die "cannot connect to $port at $host\n";
     while(<$client>)
     { print $_;
       print $client "Username $user Pass $pass";}
      
      close($client) or die "$!\n";
      print "connection closed\n";
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this is the code for the server

#!/bin/perl -w
use IO::Socket::INET;
use strict;
            print "Hello welcome to the Fs server\n";
        my $server = new IO::Socket::INET (
           LocalHost => 'charlie',
           LocalPort => '70000',
           Proto => 'tcp',
           Listen => 1,
           Reuse => 1,
            );
    die "Could not create socket: $!\n" unless $server;        
        print "Great just created a socket\n";
        my $new_sock = $server->accept();
        print $new_sock "Fileshare Version 0.1\n";
        while(<$new_sock>)
        {
         print "Here is what i received from you\n";
         print "$_\n";}
         
         print "OK its time to close\n";    
         close($server);
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UPDATE: ok the it is working with double quotes now plus right now the client is receiving the string "Fileshare Version 0.1" . but when it tries to send the user name password to the server it doesnt happen.

I think your code never enters this loop

 while(<$client>)
     { print $_;
       print $client "Username $user Pass $pass";}
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I think what you need is more like this:

  print $client "Username $user Pass $pass";
  while(<$client>)
  {
    print $_;
    <STDIN>; #read input from user (changes $_!)
    print $client $_;
  }
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For the other part, I don't see why this (code below) would not work. again. if the variables contain what they should. Always check your input!

  $host = $ARGV[2]; #or whatever it is in your ARGV
  $port = $ARGV[4];

  my $client = IO::Socket::INET->new(
        PeerAddr => $host,
        PeerPort => $port,
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holli, /regexed monk/