#!/usr/bin/perl -w

$PF_INET = 2;
$SOCK_STREAM = 1;

$port = 9999;

$pattern = 'S n C4 x8';

$this_addr = pack($pattern,$PF_INET, 0, 0,0,0,0);

$serv_addr = pack($pattern, $PF_INET, $port, 127,0,0,1);

$proto = getprotobyname("tcp");

socket(SOCKET, $PF_INET, $SOCK_STREAM, $proto) or die "Can't create socket: $!";

bind(SOCKET, $this_addr) or die "Can't bind: $!";

connect(SOCKET, $serv_addr) or die "Can't connect: $!";

while ($data = <SOCKET>) {
    print $data;
}

close (SOCKET);