Hi, I am using NET::TELNET module in perl to connect to linux and windows servers. I can accomplish this for linux. But having problems with windows servers. First, the windows servers have Microsoft Telnet server, with telnet service enabled. I am having a problem with the syntax in the perl program. Let me show you what I am doing... 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use Net::Telnet();
$telnet = new Net::Telnet ( Timeout=>10,
                            Errmode=>'die',
                            Prompt => '/[>]/');
$telnet->open('servername');
$telnet->login('username', 'password');
print $telnet->cmd( 'dir' );

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The line giving problems in the above code is : print $telnet->cmd( `dir` );
When I run this program I get an error : bad named parameter " 21 File(s) 22,117 bytes " given to Net::Telnet::cmd() at C:\Status Script\servername.pl line 9
If I modify the line like this i.e. using backticks: print $telnet->print( `dir` ); I get the output as number "1".
I have tried lots of combinations like using double quotes, single quotes or back ticks around "dir" but I always get the output as number "1".
Please let me know, how can I use windows commands in the above script.
Thank You.

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