I've written a perl script to telnet into a Cisco 5513 switch, run a simple command, and save the data to an array I can manipulate later. 
use Net::Telnet;

@data = '';

$tnet = new Net::Telnet();    #Create a new telnet session
$tnet->open("$ARGV[0]");    #Telnet to selected device
$tnet->login($ARGV[1], $ARGV[2]);#Login to device
@data = $tnet->print("show time");#Capture data from command

The problem is when I print the data array:

print @data;

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always returns a "1" to the screen and not something like: Tue Aug 21 2007, 01:36:15, like I would expect. I've seen a net::telnet package specific to the Cisco IOS, but I'm unable to install it at this time (I dont' have permission at this time). Am I missing something or can this not be done? Any insight is appreciated.

In reply to Can't get data from cisco router/switch when telnetting in via perl script. by Newb to Perl

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