Net-Connection-lsof Uses lsof to generate a array of Net::Connection objects. use Net::Connection::lsof; my @objects; eval{ @objects = &lsof_to_nc_objects; }; # this time don't resolve ports, ptrs, or usernames my $args={ ports=>0, ptrs=>0, uid_resolve=>0, }; eval{ @objects = &lsof_to_nc_objects($args); }; INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Net::Connection::lsof You can also look for information at: RT, CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here) https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Net-Connection-lsof AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation http://annocpan.org/dist/Net-Connection-lsof CPAN Ratings https://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Net-Connection-lsof Search CPAN https://metacpan.org/release/Net-Connection-lsof Git Repo https://gitea.eesdp.org/vvelox/Net-Connection-lsof LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT This software is Copyright (c) 2019 by Zane C. Bowers-Hadley. This is free software, licensed under: The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)