Hello! I have the following code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Socket;
use FileHandle;

my $request;
my $port = 6699;
my $proto = getprotobyname('tcp');
        
socket(SERVER, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto)    or die "socket: $!\n";
setsockopt(SERVER, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 1)    or die "setsockopt:
+ $!\n";
my $socketaddress = sockaddr_in($port, INADDR_ANY);
bind(SERVER, $socketaddress)    or die "bind: $!\n";
listen(SERVER, SOMAXCONN)    or die "listen: $!\n";
print "starting on port: $port...\n";

my $client;
for (; $client = accept(CLIENT, SERVER); close CLIENT)
{    
    print CLIENT "ready\015\012";
    while (1)    
    {
        CLIENT->autoflush(1);
        my $request;
        print $request = <CLIENT>;
        #print $request;
        chomp $request;
        #chomp $request;

        if ($request =~ /^help/)
        {
            print CLIENT "help!\015\012";
        }
        elsif ($request =~ /^quit/)
        {
            last;
        }
    }
}
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This script is executed under Windows. I connect to the socket via telnet with putty. The first line that I send via telnet is received by the server, but I have strange chars before the received command. For example, when i type "help", the server receives the following: http://i.imgur.com/J0RVu.jpg Thanks in advance!

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