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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# Copyright 2022 XiCoN-FJS- @ fjs@xicon.de
+#
+# Version: 0.1 (2022-12-29)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use IO::Socket;
+use IO::Socket::IP;
+
+sub usage_die()
+{
+	die "Usage: ".$0." <host> <port>\n";
+}
+
+my ($host, $port) = @ARGV;
+
+if (not defined $host)
+{
+	usage_die();
+}
+
+if (not defined $port)
+{
+	usage_die();
+}
+
+# prepare the TCP connection
+my $mysql_sock = IO::Socket::IP->new(
+	Proto    => 'tcp',
+	PeerAddr => $host,
+	PeerPort => $port,
+	Timeout  => 5,
+) or die "Could not create socket: $!";
+
+# waiting for an answer
+my ($datagram,$flags);
+$mysql_sock->recv($datagram,32,$flags);
+
+# extract the version string
+my ($line1,$line2) = split("\n",$datagram);
+die("Couldn't extract version of mysql from ".$host.":".$port) if !defined $line2;
+my ($mysql_version) = $line2 =~/^(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/;
+
+print $mysql_version."\n";