my $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new("loclahost:1111"); my $text=''; while() { my $server=''; eval{ local $SIG{ALRM}=sub{die;}; alarm(1); $server = <$sock>; alarm(0); }; chomp($server); if($server =~ 'm(.*?)) { my $msg = $2; print "$msg\n"; } eval{ local $SIG{ALRM}=sub{die;}; local $/=undef; alarm(1); my $txt; while(read(STDIN,$txt,1)) { last if($txt=~/[\r\n]/); alarm(1); $text .= $txt; } alarm(0); }; if($text =~ 'say (.*)') { my $msg_send = $1; print $sock "m($msg_send)\n"; $text=''; } }