use Net::Telnet (); use warnings; my $host ='somehost'; my $username ='user'; my $passwd = 'password'; #my $prompt = 'prompt'; my $cmd = '/ flow export fcap "src net a.b.c.d " recent'; # my $cmd ='ls'; $telnet = Net::Telnet ->new (Timeout => 20, Host=> $host, Prompt => "/$prompt/"); $telnet ->login(Name =>$username, Password => $passwd); @lines = $telnet ->cmd($cmd); $telnet -> close; pop @lines; print @lines;