#!/usr/bin/perl
 
use Net::SSH qw(sshopen2);
         use strict;
 
my $user = "jdrury";
         my $host = "192.168.2.3";
         my $cmd = "ps -ef | grep -v grep |grep fwd";
 
        sshopen2("$user\@$host", *READER, *WRITER, $cmd) || die "ssh: $!";
 
        # Example from README
        #
        # while (<READER>) {
        #     chomp();
        #     print "$_\n";
        # }
 
        if ($cmd) {
            print "FWD is running\n";
        }
        else { 
            print "FWD is not running!!\n";
        }
         close(READER);
         close(WRITER);