Using telnet in shell script

If you're just looking to check if the port is open, try:

$ nc -zv 10.10.10.24 3306
Connection to localhost 3306 port [tcp/mysql] succeeded!

nc will return 0 if the port is open and 1 if it is not. This is quite helpful for scripting as well. Omit the v switch to keep it quiet:

if ! nc -z 10.10.10.24 3306
then
    do_something
fi

nc is much better for non-interactive usage. Try something like

echo -e "\n\n" | nc 10.10.10.24 3306

If you don't have nc, you can use bash special files redirectons:

head -1 < /dev/tcp/10.10.10.24/3306 >/dev/null && echo MySQL is on || echo MySQL is off

To automate telnet script, you should use expect. See the expect home page.

This is my script for any specific cases .

host=localhost
DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
TIME=`date +%H%M%S`
LOG_OK=/tmp/telnet_ok
LOG_FAIL=/tmp/telnet_falha

for port in 80 25 22 443 110
do
if telnet -c $host $port </dev/null 2>&1 | grep -q Escape; then
  echo "$DATE $TIME  $port: Connected" >> $LOG_OK
else
  echo "$DATE $TIME $port : no connection" >> $LOG_FAIL
fi
done

http://fajlinux.com.br/2014/10/10/script-monitorando-via-telnet/

I would use netcat and it's '-w' instead;

host:~ user$  nc -w 1 1.2.6.1 3306
?
5.1.57-1~dotdeb.1?WO`rA*L#h?b4z.pmT;i~^;host:~ user$ 

Here is how to use telnet in bash shell/expect

#!/usr/bin/expect
# just do a chmod 755 one the script
# ./YOUR_SCRIPT_NAME.sh $YOUHOST $PORT
# if you get "Escape character is '^]'" as the output it means got connected otherwise it has failed

set ip [lindex $argv 0]
set port [lindex $argv 1]

set timeout 5
spawn telnet $ip $port
expect "'^]'."