import telnetlib import getpass host = sys.argv[1] username = raw_input('Username:') password = getpass.getpass() tn = telnetlib.Telnet(host) tn.read_until("login: ") tn.write(username + "\n") if password: tn.read_until("Password: ") tn.write(password + "\n") tn.write("ls\n") tn.write("exit\n") print(tn.read_all())