$ perl test.pl child started Cannot connect to child socket - Connection refused Cannot connect to child socket - Connection refused Cannot connect to child socket - Connection refused connection from 127.0.0.1:33980 Child reading socket shutdown 1 Child got /Hello/ connection from 127.0.0.1:33982 Child reading socket Child EOF Child reading socket Child got /Hello2/ Child reading socket Child EOF shutdown 2 closing socket Killing child waiting on child parent exiting