SliTaz Packages

Net::Telnet allows you to make client connections to a TCP port and do network I/O, especially to a port using the TELNET protocol. Simple I/O methods such as print, get, and getline are provided. More sophisticated interactive features are provided because connecting to a TELNET port ultimately means communicating with a program designed for human interaction. These interactive features include the ability to specify a time-out and to wait for patterns to appear in the input stream, such as the prompt from a shell. IPv6 support is available when using perl 5.14 or later, see family().

Other reasons to use this module than strictly with a TELNET port are:

• You're not familiar with sockets and you want a simple way to make client connections to TCP services.
• You want to be able to specify your own time-out while connecting, reading, or writing.
• You're communicating with an interactive program at the other end of some socket or pipe and you want to wait for certain patterns to appear.