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getprotoent

getprotoent

Retrieves the next line from the /etc/protocols file (on some Unix systems). Returns null at the end of the file. The return value from getprotoent is:

($name, $aliases, $protocol_number)
In scalar context, getprotoent returns only the protocol name.


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