sub create_telnet { my( $host, $pass, ) = @_; my ( $user, $passwd, $prompt ) = read_password_file( $host, $pass ); my $telnet = new Net::Telnet (Timeout => 20, Binmode => 0, Prompt => ("/").(quotemeta $prompt).("/"), Output_log => $mydump, Errmode => 'die', ); $telnet->open($host); $telnet->login( $user, $passwd ); return $telnet; }