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connect

connect 
socket
, 
address

Initiates a connection with another process that is waiting at an accept on the filehandle socket . The function returns true for success, false otherwise (and puts the error code into $! ). address is a packed network address of the proper type for socket .

To disconnect a socket, use either close or shutdown .