[Tutor] question about socket status

[Rupp, Romaine]

Hello,
I am new to programming with python and sockets.
I would like to determine the status of a socket as it  is returned when you do 'netstat -a | grep <port#>'.  I would like  to know if the socket state is ESTABLISHED, LISTEN , CLOSE_WAIT, etc.
Is there a way to get this information through a socket call?
I've tried using socket.getperrname() function, but that only tells if there is a connection.
Is there a way to get more information on the state of the socket connection?
Thanks,
rrupp
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