Net::SSH, or the OO Net::SSH::Perl is easy to use: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
use Net::SSH::Perl;
use feature qw( say );

my $ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new( "1.2.3.4" );
$ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new( "my.host.name" ); #You can use a hostname
$ssh->login( "zaphod", "twoheads2" );
my($stdout, $stderr, $exit) = $ssh->cmd( "cat /dev/universe" );

say "The command said: $stdout";
say "The command error'd: $stderr";
say "The command's exit status was $exit";

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You can always do it yourself if you really must, with IO::Socket, or even Socket if you dare.

~Thomas~
confess( "I offer no guarantees on my code." );

In reply to Re^3: cpan module to do stuff remotely by thomas895
in thread cpan module to do stuff remotely by Steve_BZ

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