#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use lib qw("/path/to/module/"); use Net::SSH::Perl; my $hostname = "hostname"; my $username = "username"; my $password = "password"; my $cmd = shift; my $ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new("$hostname", debug=>0); $ssh->login("$username","$password"); my ($stdout,$stderr,$exit) = $ssh->cmd("$cmd"); print $stdout;