use IO::Socket::INET; my $socklist = new IO::Socket::INET (Listen =>1, LocalHOST =>'localhost', LocalPort => 6500, Proto => 'tcp', Reuse => 1); die "I couldn't create socket: $!\n" unless $socklist; my $sock_acpt = $socklist->accept(); while($sock_acpt){ print $_; } close($socklist); my $sockcli = new IO::Socket::INET ( PeerAddr => 'Chromium', PeerPort => '6500', Proto => 'tcp', ); die "Could not create socket: $!\n" unless $sockcli; print $sockcli "hello there!\n"; close($sockcli);