#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use IO::Socket::UNIX qw( SOCK_STREAM ); $ARGV[0] or die("Usage: status.pl \n"); my $socket = IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Type => SOCK_STREAM, Peer => $ARGV[0],) or die("Can't connect to server: $!\n"); foreach my $line (<$socket>) { print $line; }