Hard to help without seeing the code, brother ericj.   Would you post a reply to your original question with relevant section of the script?   Oh yeah, and remember to surround the code itself with "<code>" tags.
    cheers,
    Don
    striving toward Perl Adept
    (it's pronounced "why-bick")

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w 

use Net::Telnet::Cisco;

use strict;

    my $debug = 1;

    my $IP_Addr = "";

    my $switchPassword = "";
    my $routerPassword = "";
    my $routerEnPassword = "";
    my $switchEnPassword = "";

        ## Get the IP Address
    if ($IP_Addr eq "") {
            print "Enter the IP Address: ";
            chop($IP_Addr = <STDIN>);
            system("stty echo");
            print "\n";
        }


        ## Get the switchPassword (make it invisible when entering)
        if ($switchPassword eq "") {
            print "Enter the switch password: ";
            system("stty -echo");
            chop($switchPassword = <STDIN>);
            system("stty echo");
            print "\n";
        }

        print "\tConnecting to $IP_Addr\n" if ($debug);
        my $cs = Net::Telnet::Cisco->new(Host => $IP_Addr);
        my $ok = $cs->login('login', $switchPassword) or die "Error lo
+gging in: @{[ $cs->errmsg() ]}\n";
    print "Logged into Switch\n" if ($debug);

        #Turn off paging
        my @cmd_output = $cs->cmd( 'terminal length 0' );

        #Enter enable mode
    if ($switchEnPassword eq "") {
        print "Enter the enable password for the switch: ";
            system("stty -echo");
            chop($switchEnPassword = <STDIN>);
            system("stty echo");
            print "\n";
    }
    $ok = $cs->cmd("enable\n$switchEnPassword");
    print "entered enable mode\n";    
    #$i = 0;
    #$total = 0;
        my @portInfo = $cs->cmd("sho port status ");
    print "Here";
    my $arrayElement;
    foreach $arrayElement (@portInfo) {
        print "$arrayElement\n";
    } ## end foreach()

    $ok = $cs->disable;
    $ok = $cs->cmd("session 15\n$routerPassword");
    $ok = $cs->cmd("enable\n$routerEnPassword");
    my @intStuff = $cs->cmd("dir");
    foreach $arrayElement (@portInfo) {
        print "$arrayElement\n";
    } ## end foreach()
        exit;
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