#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
use Net::SSH::Perl;

my $host = '192.168.x.x';
my $user = 'user';
my $pw   = 'pass';

my $ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new($host);
   $ssh->login($user, $pw);

## THIS SECTION FAILS ##
$ssh->cmd("cd /var/tmp");
$ssh->cmd("wget -c -np -r -nH --cut-dirs=1 --reject \"index.html*\" http://myURL.com/patch/126546-07/");
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