my $ssh = new Net::Telnet ( -fhopen => $pty, -prompt => $args{prompt}, -telnetmode => 0, -cmd_remove_mode => 1, -timeout => SSH_TIMEOUT, -output_record_separator => "\r", #-errmode => sub { print "Telnet FAIL\n"; } ); Output of script execution [root@hyd1658 attribute_template]# perl test_centos.pl output is Thu Jul 4 11:18:18 IST 2019 [root@hyd1658 ~]