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 <h3>Description</h3>
 Task to automate a remote telnet session. The task uses 
 nested <tt>&lt;read&gt;</tt> to indicate strings to wait for, and
-<tt>&lt;write&gt;<tt> tags to specify text to send.  
+<tt>&lt;write&gt;</tt> tags to specify text to send.  
 
 <p>If you do specify a userid and password, the system will 
 assume a common unix prompt to wait on. This behavior can be easily over-ridden.</p>