use strict; use warnings; use Net::Telnet; my ($username, $password)=("benlaw", "usertesting"); my $serverid = "10.159.32.21"; my $t, @date; $t = new Net::Telnet (Timeout => 10, Dump_Log=> "err_dump.log", Output_log=> "err_out.log", Prompt => "/\$\s/" ); $t->open($serverid); $t->login($username, $password); @date = $t->cmd("date"); print @date; $t->close;