I am trying to run a who command on a remote server using Net::Telnet

1. use Net::Telnet;
2. $telnet = new Net::Telnet ( Timeout=>10,  Errmode=>'die',Input_Log=
+>'out.txt',Prompt=>'/.*tstbld.*/');
3. $telnet->open('seahawk');
4. $telnet->login('tstbld', 'vilc0n');
5. $telnet->cmd(String=>'cd /builds/htpc2003r1/base/menu', Prompt=>'/.
+*htpc.*/');
6. $prompt = '/pkmsqa/';
7. print $telnet->cmd(String=>'who', Prompt=>$prompt);
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When I see the actual output from line 7 in out.txt file, it shows all lines returned by who command. Basically the command prompt is returned twice, once before the results and once after the results

[/builds/htpc2003r1/base/menu]
seahawk:>who
pkmsqa      pts/0       Nov 07 03:19     (10.80.12.176)
tstbld      pts/3       Nov 07 08:40     (10.80.12.176)
tstbld      pts/4       Nov 08 02:35     (10.80.12.154)
pkmsqa      pts/5       Nov 08 04:59     (10.80.12.154)
[/builds/htpc2003r1/base/menu]
seahawk:>
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In line 6 if I specify prompt = ‘/pkmsqa/', it returns everything before pkmsqa

[/builds/htpc2003r1/base/menu]
seahawk:>who
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If I specify prompt = ‘/>/', it returns everything before the first occurrence of >

[/builds/htpc2003r1/base/menu]
seahawk:
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How do I specify prompt so that it returns me everything before the second > I tried /Z option, $& option, >& option but nothing works. The match is always being done with first occurrence and not the last occurrence.

Thanks, KK

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