#!/usr/bin/perl -w use IO::Socket::INET; ($host,$port) = ($ARGV[0],$ARGV[1]); $remote = IO::Socket::INET -> new ( Proto => "tcp", PeerAddr => $host, PeerPort => $port , Timeout => "5" ) or die "Could not open socket to $host:$port.\n"; print $remote "GET /\n\n\n"; @line = <$remote>; print "$line[1]\n"; # print LOG "$line[1]\n"; close($remote);