#!/usr/bin/env ruby -wKU require 'socket' # Sockets are in standard library hostname = 'localhost' port = 7000 s = TCPSocket.open(hostname, port) print "What to echo? " q = gets s.print(q) while true line = s.gets # Read lines from the socket puts "Got Echo: " + line.chop # And print with platform line terminator end s.close # Close the socket when done