Try taking a look at IO::Select, and modifying your design to do non-blocking io with the various file handles. Something like: 
use strict;
use warnings;
use IO::Handle;
use IO::Select;
my $s = IO::Select->new();
...
$s->add(0); # STDIN
$s->add($telnet->fileno());
$s->add($telnet2->fileno());

while(1) {
  my @ready = $s->can_read();
  last unless @ready;
  foreach my $fd (@ready) {
    &handleTelnet1() if $telnet->fileno() == $fd;
    &handleTelnet2() if $telnet2->fileno() == $fd;
    &handleStdin()   if 0 == $fd;
  }
}
...

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The above code does assume that your $telnet handles are IO::Handle objects.

Updated: robin pointed out some bugs in the example code relating to stdin. Thanks.

In reply to Re: Sockets and Fork, Please Help Me!! by mortis
in thread Sockets and Fork, Please Help Me!! by number_5

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