my $line = <$sock>; #### while ( my $line = <$sock> ) { #more stuff } #### sub sendCommands{ if (@_) { print $sock "$_[0]\r\n"; #$sock is a socket to the server my $line = <$sock>; print "Client: $_[0]\r\nServer: $line" if $DEBUG; my @values = split(/ /,$line); return @values if ( $line ) } }