#!/usr/bin/perl
use Net::OpenSSH;

my $host = "10.10.10.1";
my $USERNAME = "kburns";
my $PASSWORD = "xxxx";

my $ssh = Net::OpenSSH->new($host, user => $USERNAME, password => $PASSWORD, strict_mode => 0);
$ssh->error and die "Couldn't establish SSH connection: " . $ssh->error;

$ssh->system({quote_args => 0}, "!bash") or die "remote command failed: " . $ssh->error;

print "finished bash\n"; #never gets here. it hangs

$ssh->system({stdin_data => \@output}, "ls") or die "remote command failed: " . $ssh->error;

foreach $line (@output)
        {
        print "$line\n";
        }