tcp_client2.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import socket

target_host = raw_input("target host: ")
target_port = int(raw_input("target port: "))

# create a socket object
client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

# connect the client
client.connect((target_host, target_port))

# send some data
client.send(raw_input("> "))

# receive some data
response = client.recv(4096)

print response