[Chapter 3] 3.2.66 getservent
Author: Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L. Schwartz
Date: 1999-07-02T01:50:34Z

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| Chapter 3 Functions |

### 3.2.66 getservent

    getservent
    setservent STAYOPEN
    endservent

These functions do the same thing as their like-named system library routines - see getservent(3). They iterate through the /etc/services file or its equivalent. The return value in list context is:

    ($name, $aliases, $port_number, $protocol_name)

In scalar context, getservent returns only the service port name.

3.2.65 getservbyport |  | 3.2.67 getsockname