use Net::Telnet::Cisco; my ($host, $user, $pass) = qw(10.10.1.1 user pass); my $cs = Net::Telnet::Cisco->new( Host => $host, Dump_Log => 'cisco.log', Prompt => '/(?m:^\W?[\w\/\d.:-]+[>#])/', ); $cs->send_wakeup('connect'); $cs->login( $user, $pass ); my @cmd_output = $cs->cmd( 'show ver | inc Configuration' ); print @cmd_output; $cs->close;