Hello slugger415,

Fellow Monks have provided you with multiple solutions. Just to add one more :):

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Net::SFTP;

my $host = '127.0.0.1';
my %args = ( user     => 'tinyos',
         ssh_args => [ port => "22" ] );

my $sftp = Net::SFTP->new($host, %args);
my $ls = $sftp->ls('/home/user/Monks');
print "$_->{filename}\n" for (@$ls);

__END__

$ perl test.pl
benchmark.pl~
Foo
sample.pl
test.log
out.txt
sample.pl~
..
..
..
[download]

Minor note to make here, I am not using password I use ssh keys, I think you should do the same is far far more safe.

Having said all that why not use Net::SFTP::Foreign? Why I should you use this module? Simply read here Net::SFTP::Foreign Vs. Net::SFTP Vs. Net::SSH2::SFTP.

Sample of code just as your example:

#!usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Net::SFTP::Foreign;

my %args = ( host     => "127.0.0.1",
         user     => "user",
         port     => "22",
         # psw    => "psw", # uncomment if you are using passwords
         key_path => "/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa" ); # comment if you are 
+using passwords

my $sftp = Net::SFTP::Foreign->new(%args);
$sftp->die_on_error("Unable to establish SFTP connection");

my $ls = $sftp->ls('/home/user/Monks')
    or die "unable to retrieve directory: ".$sftp->error;

print "$_->{filename}\n" for (@$ls);

__END__

$ perl test.pl
benchmark.pl~
Foo
sample.pl
test.log
out.txt
sample.pl~
..
..
..
[download]

Both examples above are based on my local configurations, so simply update them based on your configurations.

Hope this helps, BR.