$cmd->dataend()
    if (exists ${*$cmd}{'net_cmd_last_ch'});

  if (scalar(@_)) {
    local $SIG{PIPE} = 'IGNORE' unless $^O eq 'MacOS';

    #added print @_; Nelson 1/21/12
    print @_;
    my $str = join(
      " ",
      map {
        /\n/
          ? do { my $n = $_; $n =~ tr/\n/ /; $n }
          : $_;
        } @_
    );
    $str = $cmd->toascii($str) if $tr;
    $str .= "\015\012";

    my $len = length $str;
    my $swlen;

    $cmd->close
      unless (defined($swlen = syswrite($cmd, $str, $len)) && $swlen == $len);

    $cmd->debug_print(1, $str)
      if ($cmd->debug);

    ${*$cmd}{'net_cmd_resp'} = [];       # the response
    ${*$cmd}{'net_cmd_code'} = "000";    # Made this one up :-)
  }

  $cmd;