Take a look at 'expect', such as tcl-expect in pkgsrc, it's a scripting 
language that will do what you want.

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Paul Apprich wrote:

> Greetings,
>
>    I have a wireless access point (specifically the DLink DWL2100AP) 
> that can be configured via telnet. I am using netcat as the pipline. I 
> had used a scripting language in ProComm Plus (a communications 
> package from the last century for an OS I prefer not mentioning here) 
> called ASPECT. What I need to do is something like this:
>
>
> listen for "login:"
> respond with 'username'
> listen for "Password:"
> respond with 'password'
> etc.
>    Once logged in the script would issue configuration commands such 
> as 'set apmode' or 'find bss'.
>
>    Must I run netcat in the background? If so, how do I interact with 
> the process?
>
> TiA
>
> Paul
>