Sorry I'm late, but better late than never!..

The connect() method in Control::CLI only handles the connection, it does not try to lock onto a prompt; only login() and cmd() do that..

So I think the original problem was that you were sending your first command while the *nix host was expecting the unique ID.

So I would suggest a cleaner approach would be the following:

$cli = new Control::CLI( Use     => 'SSH',
                         Timeout => 30,
                       );

$cli->connect(  Host            => $host,
                Username        => 'abc',
                Password        => 'pass',
             ) or do {
                 print "\tSSH connection to server ($host) could not b
+e established\n";
                 exit;
             }

$cli->login(    Username        => 'IJAF',
                Username_prompt => 'unique ID[:>]\s*$',
             ) or do {
                 print "\tCould not get prompt from server ($host)\n";
                 exit;
             }

print "\tSSH connection to server ($host) established!\n";

$output = $cli->cmd("clear");
...

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The above login() method will now supply IJAF if it sees a prompt for the unique ID; once it sees a valid prompt (whether or not it got requested for the unique ID) it will return with a true value and you can then proceed to send the commands you need with cmd()..

In reply to Re^2: Control::CLI and Additional Prompt At Login by lgas
in thread Control::CLI and Additional Prompt At Login by ImJustAFriend

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