$exp1->send_slow("$cmd\n"); $exp1->expect($timeout, -re=>'.*'); print "Got return from Expect:\n".$exp1->match()."\n"; #### Got command prompt: [root@fc10-test perl]# Sending kill commands to child processes: /bin/kill -INT 4361 Starting EXPECT pattern matching... at /home/csit/usr/perl/lib/site_perl/5.10.1/Expect.pm line 561 Expect::expect('Expect=GLOB(0x93611a0)', 10, '-re', '.*') called at vpn_client1.pl line 132 main::sigInt('INT') called at vpn_client1.pl line 100 eval {...} called at vpn_client1.pl line 100 Got return from Expect: VPN process 4361 not dead yet 4361 ? 00:00:00 openvpn Sending kill -TERM Sending kill commands to child processes: /bin/kill -TERM 4361 Starting EXPECT pattern matching... at /home/csit/usr/perl/lib/site_perl/5.10.1/Expect.pm line 561 Expect::expect('Expect=GLOB(0x93611a0)', 10, '-re', '.*') called at vpn_client1.pl line 132 main::sigInt('INT') called at vpn_client1.pl line 100 eval {...} called at vpn_client1.pl line 100 Got return from Expect: VPN process 4361 not dead yet 4361 ? 00:00:00 openvpn