my $server; $server = IO::Socket::INET::->new( Proto => 'tcp', LocalPort => 55555, Listen => 1, Reuse => 1 ) or die "Server can't start: $!"; my $readable_handles = new IO::Select(); my $buf; while (my $client = $server->accept) { #Infinite loop # select() blocks until a socket is ready to be read or written my ($new_readable) = IO::Select->select($readable_handles, undef, undef, 0); # print "Inside while \n"; # If it comes here, there is at least one handle # to read from or write to. For the moment, worry only about # the read side. $readable_handles->add($client); foreach my $sock (@$new_readable) { if ($sock == $server) { my $new_sock = $sock->accept(); # Add it to the list, and go back to select because the # new socket may not be readable yet. $readable_handles->add($new_sock); } else { # It is an ordinary client socket, ready for reading. $buf = <$sock>; if ($buf) { # .... Do stuff with $buf #$$status_ref = $buf; print $buf ; } else { # Client closed socket. We do the same here, and remove # it from the readable_handles list $readable_handles->remove($sock); #close($sock); } } } }