#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Socket;
my ($remote, $port, $iaddr, $paddr, $proto, $line);

#$remote = shift || 'localhost';
$remote = 'acl0';
$port = shift || 4000;        #random port
if ($port =~ /\D/) { 
	$port = getservbyname($port, 'tcp');
}
die "No port" 
	unless $port;

$iaddr = inet_aton($remote)            
	or die "no host: $remote";
$paddr = sockaddr_in($port, $iaddr);
$proto = getprotobyname('tcp');
socket(SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto)
	or die "socket: $!";
connect(SOCK, $paddr)
	or die "connect: $!";

while ($line = <SOCK>) {
        print $line;
}

close (SOCK) or die "close: $!";

exit;