use IO::Socket::INET;
my $server = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => '127.0.0.1',
                                   PeerPort => 12345,
                                   Proto    => 'tcp',
                                   Blocking => 0);

  my $buf;
  while (sysread($server, $buf, 1024))
  {
    $servdata .= $buf;
    print STDERR qq(READ.\n);
  }
  print STDERR qq(END READING FROM SERVER...\n);