my $ssh= Net::SSH::Expect->new( host => $host, password=> $password, user => $user, raw_pty =>1, log_file => $outputfile."\.raw" ); $ssh->login(); $ssh->send("sudo su"); if ($ssh->peek(1)=~/Password\:/ig){######check if Password prompt comes up### $ssh->send("supassword"); } my $commandline=$ssh->eat($ssh->peek(1)); $commandline=~ s/Password\://g; #####remove string "Password:" $commandline=~ s/su|sudo su//g; #####remove string "su" or "sudo su" $commandline=~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g; ####remove trailing and leading whitespaces