if you need to automate an interactive command you can use expect [1][2] > > Thank you for your reply. I am trying like the followings: #expect >set name 172.16.17.160 >set user id >set password pwd >set cmd1 "cd /tmp" >set cmd2 "cp log.cap /export/home" >set cmd3 "logout" >spawn telnet $name >expect "login:" >send "$user" >expect "Password:" >send "$password" >send "$cmd1" >send "$cmd2" >send "$cmd3" >exit I don't see any error when executing, but at the end no file is being copied. Can you please correct me? Thank you -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100501/238ced98/attachment-0005.html>