my @commands_run = ();    #<-- moved
foreach my $command1 (@commands){
     48 chomp $command1;
     49 
     50 $command_run = $ssh->exec($command1);
     51 
     52 print $command_run;
     54 push (@commands_run, $command_run);  -- want to push commands issued into the @commands_run array.
     55 
     56 }
     57 #print @commands_run;