Telnet output not captured

vasanth.easyrider has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Perl Monks

I have a requirement where i connect to remote system using Net::Telnet and execute a command and capture the output.

When i manually login to device and execute the command, the output is as follows

xe-1/2/3.5784 up up aenet --> ae4.5784
ae4.5784 up down inet 182.75.123.121/30

but when i run the command using Net::Telnet only the following output is getting captured -

xe-1/2/3.5784 up up aenet --

so the ">" character in the output is causing the issue i think.
can you help me on how to solve this

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Re: Telnet output not captured by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 13, 2018 at 11:49 UTC
Most likely, the regular expression you are using to detect the prompt of your device is too eager and recognizes `-->` as prompt. But without seeing the relevant input and maybe the debugging log of Net::Telnet, that's hard to tell. You can help us help you better by showing the relevant code and relevant data you receive from your device.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Telnet output not captured by thanos1983 (Parson) on Mar 13, 2018 at 12:23 UTC
Hello vasanth.easyrider, Why are you using Net::Telnet and not Net::OpenSSH? Read this article for a short comparison and better understanding Telnet & SSH of the benefits. Provide us with a sample of code to help you. Looking forward to your reply, BR. Seeking for Perl wisdom...on the process of learning...not there...yet!	[reply] [d/l]