autoconnect to telnet server.

[Guillaume]

Hi,
I would like to use the telnet client via with cron & script to
execute special command on a telnet server.
On telnet manual i saw the -l option used to specify the user. But i
dont find any way to give the password (of course in clear text, i
dont speak here about security).
I try several commands like
] telnet -l $user host <passwdor
] echo password | telnet -l $user host
]cat passwordfile | telnet -l $user host
None of this works. Does someone can help me ?
Thanks.

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Gui