$obj = new Net::Telnet ([Binmode => $mode,] [Cmd_remove_mode => $mode,] [Dump_Log => $filename,] [Errmode => $errmode,] [Fhopen => $filehandle,] [Host => $host,] [Input_log => $file,] [Input_record_separator => $chars,] [Option_log => $file,] [Ors => $chars,] [Output_log => $file,] [Output_record_separator => $chars,] [Port => $port,] [Prompt => $matchop,] [Rs => $chars,] [Telnetmode => $mode,] [Timeout => $secs,]); ... The default Prompt is '/[\$%#>] $/'