RE: ways I might parse data in perl and give it to a telnet sessi on

>Is there any separate reason to use 'expect' Perl will happily >talk telnet and ftp on its own. > >Rob well- namely that it works- i honestly don't know /how/ to get perl to talk telnet *laugh* i guess the proper module would help. i will investigate this possibility and see what happens :)

Re: ways I might parse data in perl and give it to a telnet sessi on

William M West wrote: > > >Is there any separate reason to use 'expect'? Perl will happily > >talk telnet and ftp on its own. > > > >Rob > > > well- namely that it works- i honestly don't know /how/ to get perl > to talk telnet *laugh* i guess the proper module would help. > > i will investigate t

Re: ways I might parse data in perl and give it to a telnet sessi on

West, William M wrote: Is there any separate reason to use 'expect' Perl will happily talk telnet and ftp on its own. expect.nist.gov expect ??? A fine, if under valued, development system. well- namely that it works- i honestly don't know /how/ to get perl to talk telnet *laugh* i guess the p