I have the following code which is not working. I want to get the contents of an html file.

I just realized that LWP::Simple might do the same trick, but as I am so close to getting this to work, I'd rather do it this way if I'm missing something simple.

I do realize that my unless statement is pretty pointless, as it performs the send() method whether it times out or not. I'm pretty sure that isn't my problem though. :)

Also, the GET command does work w/o the script. 

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

use Expect;

$command = "telnet xxx.xx.xx.xx 80";
$timeout = 5;
$match = "Escape character is '^]'.";

my $exp = Expect->spawn( $command ) or die "cannot spawn $command: $!\
+n";

unless ($exp->expect($timeout, $match))
 { print "Error: host timed out\n";  }

$exp->send("GET /dir/index.html HTTP/1.0 \r\r");

$exp->soft_close();

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Here is the output when I run aforementioned code: 
user@host> ./program
Trying xxx.xx.xx.xx...
Connected to xxx.xx.xx.xx.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /dir/index.html HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request

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Thanks in advance. -v

In reply to Using Expect mod to telnet to port 80 (HTTP) by ATB

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