Escape character is '^]'. Ubuntu 8.04.1 scriptbed login: $VAR1 = bless( \*Symbol::GEN0, 'Expect' ); scriptbed Password: $VAR1 = [ bless( \*Symbol::GEN0, 'Expect' ) ]; Can't call method "do_soft_close" on unblessed reference at ./myexpect.pl line 57.