You are correct in that if NetTelnet doesn't see the prompt, it will never issue the command. I had two problems when using that module to telnet from my Solaris system to the Vax,
1) - commands timing out
2) - never getting the prompt

For our vax, the prompt is $ - which I thusly defined as the prompt. However, set your script to make the dump log for Net::Telnet, and look thru the content. I found that somehow my $ sign was eaten in the translation, and had to define it as $match = '/\[0c/'; After that, I've always caught the prompt correctly.

Another problem I had that caused timeouts was the error mode of the module.The default errmode is die if I recall correctly, which kept throwing the monkey wrench in my script. My code to avoid that looked like
$vax = new Net::Telnet(Prompt => $match);<br>
$vax->errmode("return");

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While these may not exactly fit your problem, and seeing as how I'm answering this several months late, I hope it helps at all in some small matter. I'm just glad to know enough to comment on something now! =)

In reply to Re: Unix - VMS and Net::Telnet by TrinityInfinity
in thread Unix - VMS and Net::Telnet by maderman

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