It did not work the way I used it...it still just dies.
Any more ideas...
heres the modified code..
    use Net::Telnet (); 
 eval {
    $t = Net::Telnet ->new(Timeout => 10,
			  Prompt => '/.*# $/');
};
warn $@ if $@;    
$t->open("10.0.0.$num") || die "can't telnet to $num\n";
    $t->login('$log','$pwd');
    $t->cmd("cd /home/dir");

    @lines = $t->cmd("ps uax");
...
Thanks. HeffaK

In reply to Re: Re: Catching timeout for Net::Telnet by HeffaK
in thread Catching timeout for Net::Telnet by HeffaK

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