Well, i guess a better question for me to ask would be how would i write to a client program, not using telnet? i tried some of the ones people have made on this thread but it doesnt seem to work, and i just can't figure it out. thanks.
I tend to like (and often use) Expect.pm (modules) to communicate with things that I wouldn't otherwise be able to script. You might want to check it out, too -- it's fairly straight-forward to use.