> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarath Palety [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 5:37 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Perl up and down arrows
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to write a script for a Nortel Networks Baystack 
> 450 switch,
> using the telnet module.  Unfortunately the switch uses a 
> menu structure
> that requires up and down arrows.  I was wondering if any of 
> you knew how to
> send the up and down arrows either throught the telnet module 
> or through any
> other module.

Investigate the Term::Cap module on CPAN.

Or, something like this:

   $uparrow = `tput ku`;        # see tput(1)
   print $uparrow;

The TERM environment variable (or as passed with tput -Ttype) will need to
be set to match whatever the switch expects.

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