"....Are you sure you have the correct protocol? Are you actually using SSH? " #### use Net::SSH qw(sshopen2); use strict; my $user = "root"; my $host = "149.195.49.155"; my $cmd = "ls -l"; sshopen2("$user\@$host", *READER, *WRITER, "$cmd") || die "ssh: $!"; while () { chomp(); print "$_\n"; } close(READER); close(WRITER); #### C:\Scripts>esx_conn3.pl 'ssh' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.