my $t = new Net::Telnet(Telnetmode => 1, Errmode => 'return'); $t->prompt('/C:\\\\(.*)>/i'); $t->open(Host => '192.168.0.10'); $ok = $t->login('myUsername', 'myPassword'); my $cmd = "blah blah blah (...)"; # 1287 characters of a VALID command my @r = $t->cmd(String => $cmd, Timeout => 60);