Paul - Karavelov's answer did not work. I wish I knew why. As I said, this shouldn't be that difficult. I can see that all of my commands are being input by viewing the input and output logs. Their contents are as such:

INPUT
User Access Verification

Username: Cisco
Password:
DistrictOffice#copy tftp start
Address or name of remote host []? 172.16.0.100
Source filename []? ACES.cfg
Destination filename startup-config? startup-config
Accessing tftp://172.16.0.100/ACES.cfg...
Loading ACES.cfg from 172.16.0.100 (via
GigabitEthernet0/1): !!
OK - 6231 bytes
OK
6231 bytes copied in 9.320 secs (669 bytes/sec)
DistrictOffice#

OUTPUT
Cisco
Cisco
copy tftp start
172.16.0.100
ACES.cfg
startup-config
reload

The fact that my final 'reload' command shows up in my output log and not my input log tells me that the 9 or 10s time for the tftp file to download is where this is breaking. I entered a Prompt variable, but I shouldn't have to since Net::Telnet::Cisco already recognizes most prompts. I also have always_waitfor_prompt, but I'm not sure I've specified it correctly. In other words, is the syntax $session->always_waitfor_prompt all that is necessary?

Current code: 
my $session = Net::Telnet::Cisco->new(
Host => $switch,
Prompt => '/.*#/', 
Input_log => "input.log", 
Output_log => "output.log", 
Timeout => 30);

$session->always_waitfor_prompt;

# Wait for the username prompt and enter username
@out = $session->waitfor('/Username:.*$/');
print "@out\n";
@out = $session->print($user);
print "@out\n";
# Wait for the password prompt and enter the password
@out = $session->waitfor('/Password:.*$/');
print "@out\n";
@out = $session->print($password);
print "@out\n";
@out = $session->cmd("copy tftp start\n$tftp_server\n$config_file\n$de
+st_file\n");
print "@out\n";
@out = $session->cmd("reload\n\n");
print "@out\n";
@out = $session->close;

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Regards, Scott

In reply to Re^2: Net Telnet Cisco by spickles
in thread Net Telnet Cisco by spickles

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