hadi motamedi wrote: > Dear All > I need to schedule for a repeated task on my CentOS server, as the > followings: > -) Telnet to a remote node > -) Issue a command > -) Capture the output in a log > -) Logout from Telnet > -) Wait for a prescribed time interval > -) Then redo , but append the subsequent output in just on file > Can you please let me know which options do we have to write such a task? > Thank you If the remote end of this is some dumb device that can only do telnet, use expect, kermit, or perl's Net::Telnet module to chat with it. If it is another computer, set up ssh keys and just run remote commands directly. And use cron to schedule the runs. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com