You're very close - as LanX points out, I think defined is what you want.

Something like this (which is not far off from what you already have):

#!perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Net::Telnet;

sub attemptTelnetCheck {
    my ($host) = @_;

    my $t = new Net::Telnet(
        Errmode => 'return',
        Timeout => 2,
        Port    => 1234
    );
    my $r = $t->open($host);
    if (defined $r) {
        $t->close();
        print("$host : SUCCESS!\n");
    } else {
        print("$host : failure. " . $t->errmsg() . "\n");
    }
}

my @hosts = (
    "192.168.10.1",
    "192.168.10.2"
);

for my $host (@hosts) {
    attemptTelnetCheck($host);
}

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Cheers.

In reply to Re: Perl Script to Test Telnet Connectivity by VinsWorldcom
in thread Perl Script to Test Telnet Connectivity by redapplesonly

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