MY GOD WAS I MAKING THAT HARDER THAN IT HAD TO BE!!!

This was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO easy, thanks for the Net::Telnet tip.

BTW, here's the code. I went from what I have above to this:

#!/usr/bin/perl –w

use strict;
use Net::Telnet;

my $tnet = new Net::Telnet;
$tnet = new Net::Telnet;
$tnet->open("deneb");
$tnet->login($username, $passwd);
my @lines = $tnet->cmd("tail /var/log/syslog");
print @lines;
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All I can use is what comes with perl 5.00503 and I cannot load any additional modules.

Well, I guess it's a good thing bart gave you that tip in spite of the above comment in your original question. Does Net::Telnet really come with 5.00503?

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

Does Net::Telnet really come with 5.00503?

Weeell... CPAN.pm likes to use some of the Net::* stuff, which can be a reason why the whole suite might be there. But OTOH, maybe not...

I think that I may be able to talk my manager into letting me add Net::Telnet but he is kind of wierd about upgrading currently installed software. But thanks for your input.