Here's an example that uses the ssh program to connect to a remote host.

Because the ssh program reads and writes to its controlling terminal, the IO::Pty modul e is used to create a new pseudo terminal for use by ssh. A new Net::Telnet obje ct is then created to read and write to that pseudo terminal. To use the code be low, substitute "changeme" with the actual host, user, password, and command pro mpt. ## Main program. { my ($pty, $ssh, @lines); my $host = "changeme"; my $user = "changeme"; my $password = "changeme"; my $prompt = '/changeme:~> $/'; ## Start ssh program. $pty = &spawn("ssh", "-l", $user, $host); # spawn() defined below ## Create a Net::Telnet object to perform I/O on ssh's tty. use Net::Telnet; $ssh = new Net::Telnet (-fhopen => $pty, -prompt => $prompt, -telnetmode => 0, -cmd_remove_mode => 1, -output_record_separator => "\r"); ## Login to remote host. $ssh->waitfor(-match => '/password: ?$/i', -errmode => "return") or die "problem connecting to host: ", $ssh->lastline; $ssh->print($password); $ssh->waitfor(-match => $ssh->prompt, -errmode => "return") or die "login failed: ", $ssh->lastline; ## Send command, get and print its output. @lines = $ssh->cmd("who"); print @lines; exit; } # end main program sub spawn { my(@cmd) = @_; my($pid, $pty, $tty, $tty_fd); ## Create a new pseudo terminal. use IO::Pty (); $pty = new IO::Pty or die $!; ## Execute the program in another process. unless ($pid = fork) { # child process die "problem spawning program: $!\n" unless defined $pid; ## Disassociate process from existing controlling terminal. use POSIX (); POSIX::setsid or die "setsid failed: $!";

## Associate process with a new controlling terminal. $tty = $pty->slave; $tty_fd = $tty->fileno; close $pty; ## Make stdio use the new controlling terminal. open STDIN, "<&$tty_fd" or die $!; open STDOUT, ">&$tty_fd" or die $!; open STDERR, ">&STDOUT" or die $!; close $tty; ## Execute requested program. exec @cmd or die "problem executing $cmd[0]\n"; } # end child process $pty; } # end sub spawn