Use Net::TelNet; $telnet = new Net::Telnet ( Timeout=>3600,Prompt => "/$prompt/i",Errmode=>'die'); $telnet->open("susan"); $telnet->waitfor('/login: $/i'); $telnet->print('blab'); $telnet->waitfor('/password: $/i'); $telnet->print('blab'); $telnet->waitfor("/$prompt/i"); @hostname = $telnet->cmd("hostname"); print"Host Details => ", join("-",@hostname) , "\n";