The cmd method of a telnet object returns a list, so if you have a scalar at the left of your assignment operator ( = ), you evaluate the returned list in scalar context, and the number of elements of the list will be assigned to $rad.

To assign the first element of that list to $rad do the following: 

($rad) = $telobj -> cmd ("cd /usr/local/etc/httpd/logs");

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This way the left hand side (lhs) of the assignment operator is a list, and its first element - $rad - will be assigned the first value of the list returned by the cmd method. Note that $rad is enclosed in parens, which makes the lhs a list statement.

To check whether the previous cd command has been succesful, you could do: 

($rad) = $telobj->("pwd");
if($rad eq '/usr/local/etc/httpd/logs') {
    print "cd command successful. working directory is $rad\n";
} else {
    print "cd command failed. working directory is $rad\n";
}

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But it's even easier in fact. The cd shell command doesn't return anything if successful, only on failure. So, you could just say 
($rad) = $telobj -> cmd ("cd /usr/local/etc/httpd/logs");
if($rad) {
    die "Can't change directory: $rad\n";
}

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In reply to Re: How to check if the change command is success in telnet by shmem
in thread How to check if the change command is success in telnet by Anonymous Monk

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