>>>>> "Randal" == Randal Schwartz writes: Randal> perl -MIO::Socket -e 'IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr=>"some.windoze.box")->send("bye",MSG_OOB)' Randal> OK. One *slightly long* line. Ouch. Forgot the port number. Once more, with feeling: perl -MIO::Socket -e 'IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr=>"bad.dude.com:139")->send("bye",MSG_OOB)' And formatted so it's a little easier to read: #!/usr/bin/perl use IO::Socket; IO::Socket::INET ->new(PeerAddr=>"bad.dude.com:139") ->send("bye", MSG_OOB); There. I hope they don't take away my Perl goo-roo card for that faux pas. :-)