Mike Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Very simply, I'm trying to telnet to a site and get some data from a script. > In HPUX, I would do this: > > echo "Alinetobesent" | telnet an.address.com 1234
telnet assumes it's connected to a terminal. Try one of the utilities designed with this in mind: netcat or socket. Also, the socket support in Tcl or Perl is probably easier for something quick. -- Carey Evans <*> http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ gc kernel: Warning: possible SYN flooding. Sending cookies. kernel: validated probe(100007f, 100007f, 11557, 5010, -1645409555) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .