How To: Perl TCP / UDP Socket Programming using IO::Socket::INET
How To: Perl TCP / UDP Socket Programming using IO::Socket::INET.
Perl socket modules provides an object interface that makes it easier to create and use TCP / UPD sockets.
This article covers the following topics:
- Perl example code for TCP client and server
- Perl example code for UDP client and server
- Read and write descriptor list using Select(IO::Select)
CPAN module IO::Socket::INET is used to perform socket operations such as — creating, binding, connecting, listening and closing the socket.
IO::Select module is used for obtaining the descriptors that are ready for read/write operations.