rlist, wlist, elist = select.select( [sys.stdin], [], [] )

print sys.stdin.read()

import socket
import select

sock1 = socket.socket( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM )
sock2 = socket.socket( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM )

sock1.connect( ('192.168.1.1', 25) )
sock2.connect( ('192.168.1.1', 25) )

while 1:

  # Await a read event
  rlist, wlist, elist = select.select( [sock1, sock2], [], [], 5 )

  # Test for timeout
  if [rlist, wlist, elist] == [ [], [], [] ]:
    print "Five seconds elapsed.\n"

  else:
    # Loop through each socket in rlist, read and print the available data
    for sock in rlist:
      print sock.recv( 100 )

# Get the list sockets which are ready to be read through select
read_sockets,write_sockets,error_sockets = select.select(CONNECTION_LIST,[],[])

def broadcast_data (sock, message):
  #Do not send the message to master socket and the client who has send us the message
  for socket in CONNECTION_LIST:
    if socket != server_socket and socket != sock :
      try :
        socket.send(message)
      except :
        # broken socket connection may be, chat client pressed ctrl+c for example
        socket.close()
        CONNECTION_LIST.remove(socket)

# Tcp Chat server
 
import socket, select
 
#Function to broadcast chat messages to all connected clients
def broadcast_data (sock, message):
  #Do not send the message to master socket and the client who has send us the message
  for socket in CONNECTION_LIST:
    if socket != server_socket and socket != sock :
      try :
        socket.send(message)
      except :
        # broken socket connection may be, chat client pressed ctrl+c for example
        socket.close()
        CONNECTION_LIST.remove(socket)
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
   
  # List to keep track of socket descriptors
  CONNECTION_LIST = []
  RECV_BUFFER = 4096 # Advisable to keep it as an exponent of 2
  PORT = 5000
   
  server_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
  # this has no effect, why ?
  server_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
  server_socket.bind(("0.0.0.0", PORT))
  server_socket.listen(10)
 
  # Add server socket to the list of readable connections
  CONNECTION_LIST.append(server_socket)
 
  print "Chat server started on port " + str(PORT)
 
  while 1:
    # Get the list sockets which are ready to be read through select
    read_sockets,write_sockets,error_sockets = select.select(CONNECTION_LIST,[],[])
 
    for sock in read_sockets:
      #New connection
      if sock == server_socket:
        # Handle the case in which there is a new connection recieved through server_socket
        sockfd, addr = server_socket.accept()
        CONNECTION_LIST.append(sockfd)
        print "Client (%s, %s) connected" % addr
         
        broadcast_data(sockfd, "[%s:%s] entered room\n" % addr)
       
      #Some incoming message from a client
      else:
        # Data recieved from client, process it
        try:
          #In Windows, sometimes when a TCP program closes abruptly,
          # a "Connection reset by peer" exception will be thrown
          data = sock.recv(RECV_BUFFER)
          if data:
            broadcast_data(sock, "\r" + '<' + str(sock.getpeername()) + '> ' + data)        
         
        except:
          broadcast_data(sock, "Client (%s, %s) is offline" % addr)
          print "Client (%s, %s) is offline" % addr
          sock.close()
          CONNECTION_LIST.remove(sock)
          continue
   
  server_socket.close()

$ python chat_server.py 
Chat server started on port 5000

rlist = [sys.stdin, s]
     
# Get the list sockets which are readable
read_list, write_list, error_list = select.select(rlist , [], [])

# telnet program example
import socket, select, string, sys
 
def prompt() :
  sys.stdout.write('<You> ')
  sys.stdout.flush()
 
#main function
if __name__ == "__main__":
   
  if(len(sys.argv) < 3) :
    print 'Usage : python telnet.py hostname port'
    sys.exit()
   
  host = sys.argv[1]
  port = int(sys.argv[2])
   
  s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
  s.settimeout(2)
   
  # connect to remote host
  try :
    s.connect((host, port))
  except :
    print 'Unable to connect'
    sys.exit()
   
  print 'Connected to remote host. Start sending messages'
  prompt()
   
  while 1:
    rlist = [sys.stdin, s]
     
    # Get the list sockets which are readable
    read_list, write_list, error_list = select.select(rlist , [], [])
     
    for sock in read_list:
      #incoming message from remote server
      if sock == s:
        data = sock.recv(4096)
        if not data :
          print '\nDisconnected from chat server'
          sys.exit()
        else :
          #print data
          sys.stdout.write(data)
          prompt()
       
      #user entered a message
      else :
        msg = sys.stdin.readline()
        s.send(msg)
        prompt()

$ python telnet.py localhost 5000
Connected to remote host. Start sending messages
<You> hello
<You> I am fine
<('127.0.0.1', 38378)> ok good
<You>

<You> [127.0.0.1:39339] entered room
<('127.0.0.1', 39339)> hello
<('127.0.0.1', 39339)> I am fine
<You> ok good