How do I capture shell error messages from a remote host?

jfw2112 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm using the module Net::Telnet and running system commands on a remote host? When a system command doesn't work, I don't see any of the shell error messages. Where do these shell error messages go and how do I capture them? John....

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Re: How do I capture shell error messages from a remote host? by kiseok7 (Beadle) on Jul 31, 2002 at 17:13 UTC
just a way : capture STDERR to file and `cat the file` `$stdout = $t->cmd("some_cmd 2> /tmp/error.tmp"); $stderr = $t->cmd("cat /tmp/error.tmp; rm /tmp/error.tmp");` [download] i can't sure it is good answer =( good luck!	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I capture shell error messages from a remote host? by jfw2112 (Initiate) on Aug 03, 2002 at 01:26 UTC
Thanks kiseok7. Your suggestion pointed me in the right direction. John...	[reply]