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getservbyname

getservbyname name, proto

Translates a service (port) name to its corresponding port number. proto is a protocol name such as "tcp". The return value in list context is:

($name, $aliases, $port_number, $protocol_name)
In scalar context, getservbyname returns only the service port number.


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