Bingo! Thanks Paul, you are correct. $_ is not getting loaded in the while
statement.
>someone please poke me if I'm dreaming, but if you say
>
> while(<$new_sock>) { print $_; }
>
>the while(<>){} structure automatically loads $_ with whatever came out
>of the <> ... IF and ONLY IF the diamond operator (including it's
>internal operand, so <$new_sock> is ok) is the ONLY thing in the
>condition. Try loading it explicitly.
>
> while(defined($_ = <$new_sock>)) {
> print "Socket defined\n";
> print $_;
> }
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