Michael Linfield wrote: > instead of trying to make ruby know uve pushed an arrow key, think of > what command pressing a certain key does, then try to execute that > command in ruby code :) Hi Michael, In this case, only an option is selected in a UI menu ... and no, I cant modify/add or even read the code on the remote machine. So I will have to send out the symbol(s) for the down arrow key over the telnet session. and thats where I am stuck. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.